Democratic Gubernator candidates in New Jersey promised to help illegal immigrants Avoid icy attacks by President Donald Trump during the first primary discussion of the year.
Five of the six candidates raised their hands when Joey Fox, a political journalist New Jersey Globe and a discussion moderator, asked Democrats on stage if they “believe that one of the goals of the next governor should protect immigrants in New Jersey, even those who are those who are who were to protect the immigrants in New Jersey, even those who are illegal here. “
Ambassador Mikie Sherrill did not raise his hand instead of saying, “We should protect people in New Jersey, especially with the Constitution.”
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Ice agents arrested seven illegal immigrants during the raid of labor. (American immigration and customs implementation)
The question promoted less discussions and more united fronts, as candidates were promised to confront Trump, commit to comprehensive immigration reform and vowed to give priority to humanity in the deportation process.
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President Donald Trump signs Laken Riley Law in the White House, Wednesday, January 29, 2025 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
However, candidates found Shakier Ground while discussing the Laken Riley Law, the first proposal Trump Signed in the law during his second term who detaines the illegal immigrants accused of committing dangerous crimes.
“If you are a killer, a criminal, a rapist, if you break into the homes of people in the middle of the night with a gun while children sleep and you are unfathomable, you should not be here. You should not be in the country, you should not be in this country.” is an envoy Josh Gottheimer, who voted to support the Laken Riley Law in the US House of Representatives.
Despite gaining support for the rank, he was careful to distinguish “innocent unfinished people” from those who commit violent crimes. “When I am a governor, I will use the full strength of the state to stop Trump to round out the” innocent unfinished people “in restaurants, churches and schools, Congressmen explained.
Ambassador Josh Gottheimer speaks after the Democratic Gubernator Discussion at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, February 2, 2025. (AP/Mike Catalini)
Trump’s administration does not recognize such a difference. White house secretary Caroline Leavitt He told reporters last Tuesday that everyone in the United States was illegally considered a criminal.
“They illegally violated the laws of our nation and, therefore, they are criminals, as far as this administration is concerned,” Leavitt said in the present viral moment. “I know that the last administration did not see that, so the great culture in our nation is that someone who violates our immigration laws as a criminal. But that’s just like that.”
Mayor Jersey City, Steve Fulop, did not share Gettheimer’s support for Laken Riley Law, calling him “dangerous.”
“The Laken Riley Law served to undermine the authority of the prosecutor’s prosecutor here in New Jersey,” said Fulop. “It is a very dangerous legislation because it refers to the autonomy of the governor and the Attorney General, and that should not have been supported.”
The Mayor of Nwarka Ras Baraka speaks after a democratic discussion in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, February 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
The Mayor of Newarko Ras Barak, the vocal opponent of ice raids approved in his city during Trump’s first week on duty, made opposition to the law a step further.
“You cannot say that you support immigrants in New Jersey, but vote for the Laken Riley Act,” Baraka said. “We have to stop conducting this conversation about people who are killers, killers and rapists and criminals. We know it’s a lie. There is no criminal wave of immigrants in New Jersey.”
Baraka went so far as to say that Trump’s political agenda was rooted in “white superiority and racism.”
“It is interesting that we are constantly saying that people here are illegally when we continue to move on goals,” Baraka said. “If we take away all the paths that people become documented citizens of the United States and then say they are illegal, this is a problem. We cannot risk the fourth and 14th amendment to encourage this political plan in which Donald Trump really based on white superiority and racism. “
“It is wrong to sit here and discuss the crime that immigrants create for whom we know is not true. The crime is to ensure that people do not have access to American dreams for what they look like, the countries in which they have come from, the language that speak and the postal number they live in .
Police officers from border patrol and FBI conduct the implementation of immigration immigration in El Pas in Texas on Thursday, January 30, 2025. (FBI)
Former Senate President in New Jersey Steve Sweeney said New Jersey should confront Trump’s deportations, emphasizing the lack of legal order to search in these ice attacks. However, Sweeney agreed that someone with a criminal file entering the United States or “someone who violates the law in this country should not be in this country,” calling it “privilege.”
“With Donald Trump, we should all stand and oppose what Donald Trump is doing. He breaks the law. It does it illegally. He does it without legal search orders. It’s terrible what he does.” Said Sweeney.
“I support what President Barack Obama and Senator Joe Biden did. Both presidents were Democrats who deported more people than Donald Trump did, but they did it with humanity and compassion, which they did in the right way. We do not have “I want to round out people who have done nothing wrong, but the people who have violated the law in this country, I am sorry to leave it … They violate the laws, and we should consider them responsible” Sweeney added.
Former State Senate President Steve Sweeney speaks after a democratic debate on February 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
New Jersey President of the Association for Education Sean Spiller repeated Sweeney’s henna for Trump’s inhumane deportations, saying New Jerseyans that they should be scared.
“They come for all of us and that should scare each of us. It’s unacceptable. This is what we oppose and fight against,” Spiller said.
Despite the hard line against President Trump, democratic candidates have recognized immigration reform as a necessity.
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“I think what is missing so many times in the conversation of basic humanity,” Sherrill said. “We desperately need comprehensive immigration reform. We need to ensure that people have the way to citizenship that are here, who work hard, paying taxes, DACA recipients, TPS recipients. We also need better security of borders. our border. “
