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From the Camden Courier-Post: |
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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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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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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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NJIPN Press Release on Attorney General's Directive 8-22-07 |
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Contact: Shai Goldstein
Executive Director, NJIPN
CELL: (908) 239-6615
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NJIPN Begins Review of NJ Attorney General Directive
“This national issue is really a very local one, and local police leaders face a growing set of immigration-related duties in the face of scarce and narrowing resources. It is critically important for local agencies to avoid being caught in the middle of endless battles over immigration policy.”
Police Chiefs Guide to Immigration Issues, a Project Response Publication of The International Association of Chiefs of Police, July 2007 |
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From the New Jersey Herald: |
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NJIPN Opposes Piecemeal Approach
Visa lapse causes work 'crisis'
December 24, 2007
By TED STRONG
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Frank Collinson's landscaping company probably won't have enough workers this spring.
That's because Collinson, of Sparta, has been relying on Costa Rican and Mexican workers in the H-2B visa program, a program that has been cut by more than half since Congress let a key exemption lapse this year.
"It's a crisis," said Miles Kuperus Jr., owner of Farmside Landscaping and Design in Wantage, who uses the workers for jobs he can't fill with Americans. |
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