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NorthJersey AG Milgram Directive |
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N.J. police get orders on illegals
Thursday, August 23, 2007
By ELIZABETH LLORENTE.
Police officers in New Jersey must now notify immigration officials about any undocumented person who is arrested in connection with an indictable crime under a directive issued Wednesday by Attorney General Anne Milgram.The need for "a uniform state policy on notification" to immigration authorities became evident after a man identified as being in the country illegally was charged in a recent triple homicide in Newark, Milgram said during a news conference."Some counties and local police departments do it all the time, some sometimes do it, and some never," she said. That changes "effective immediately," Milgram said.
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PhilInq 12-20-07 Camden Forum |
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Seeking to clarify immigration policy
By EDWARD COLIMORE
Inquirer Staff Writer
When the New Jersey attorney general ordered police to alert federal officials to illegal immigrants arrested for serious offenses, Camden's Hispanic leaders were concerned. Local law enforcement officials were, too. Would the measure hurt relations between police and the immigrant community? Would victims and witnesses remain silent for fear that their residency status might be challenged? And would police exploit the directive to root out those guilty of nothing more than an immigration violation? |
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Police, officials try to calm immigrants' concerns
December 20, 2007
By LAVINIA DeCASTRO
Courier-Post Staff
CAMDEN — Representatives from more than 50 civic and community groups gathered at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception here Wednesday to discuss a state directive that allows law enforcement officials to ask about the immigration status of people arrested for certain crimes. The purpose of the community forum, sponsored by the Camden County Prosecutor's Office and the Camden Police Department, was to explain how police are enforcing the state Attorney General's directive. "It puts upon local law enforcement the obligation to inquire about immigration status after an arrest," acting Camden County Prosecutor Joshua Ottenberg said. "That information will eventually go to immigration authorities. It's not an investigative question, it's a booking question that's supposed to happen only after an arrest." |
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Raids nab twice as many illegal immigrants
Raids terrorize communities in New Jersey
December 05, 2007
By BRIAN DONOHUE
Courier-Post Staff
Federal immigration fugitive teams in New Jersey arrested 2,079 illegal immigrants in the year ending Sept. 30, nearly twice the total of the previous year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said yesterday. The four teams assigned to the state search for people who had been ordered deported for immigration or criminal violations but had not left the country. They also arrest anyone they encounter in their raids on fugitives' homes who are in the country illegally. The increase reflected a nationwide trend that has seen deportations skyrocket. |
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Senate urged to approve DREAM Act
September 27, 2007
By ELIZABETH LLORENTE
Staff Writer
Immigration advocates in New Jersey called on the U.S. Senate to pass a measure that would help legalize the immigration status of children who meet a strict set of criteria.The measure, known as the DREAM Act, would grant legal status to possibly tens of thousands of illegal immigrant youth who entered the United States before the age of 16, have lived here at least five years and graduated from a U.S. high school.This would enable many illegal immigrant students – whose status typically leads to problems obtaining loans and grants for college – to continue their post-secondary education, the advocates said. |
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