Bill Text: NJ A4256 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-02 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee [A4256 Detail]

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ASSEMBLY, No. 4256

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MAY 2, 2024

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  GREGORY E. MYHRE

District 9 (Ocean)

Assemblyman  BRIAN E. RUMPF

District 9 (Ocean)

Assemblyman  PAUL KANITRA

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)                                                                   

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Inganamort, Clifton, Auth, Azzariti Jr., Barlas, McClellan, DiMaio, Webber, Sauickie, McGuckin and Assemblywoman Fantasia

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  


An Act requiring the Attorney General to repeal Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2018-6.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1     a.  The Legislature finds and declares that:

     (1)   Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2018-6, issued on November 29, 2018, restricts law enforcement officers from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. 

     (2)   Under the directive, among other provisions, State, county, and local law enforcement are prohibited from providing certain assistance to federal immigration authorities when the sole purpose is to enforce federal civil immigration law.

     (3)   In addition to other restrictions, the directive prohibits law enforcement from providing notice of a detained individual's upcoming release from custody or continuing the detention of a person past the time the person would be released from custody based solely on a civil immigration detainer request, with certain exceptions.

     (4)   The restrictions set forth this directive pose a danger to the citizens of this State and are a substantial threat to public safety.

     (5)   In order to protect the citizens of this State, it is imperative that this directive be repealed.

     b.    The Attorney General shall repeal Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2018-6.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires the Attorney General to repeal Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive No. 2018-6, which restricts law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

     Under the directive, among other provisions, State, county, and local law enforcement are prohibited from providing certain assistance to federal immigration authorities when the sole purpose is to enforce federal civil immigration law.

     In addition to other restrictions, the directive prohibits law enforcement from providing notice of a detained individual's upcoming release from custody or continuing the detention of a person past the time the person would be released from custody based solely on a civil immigration detainer request, with certain exceptions.

     The restrictions set forth in this directive pose a danger to the citizens of this State and are a substantial threat to public safety.  Therefore, it is imperative that this directive be repealed.

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