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Ridgewood NJ, Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ordered a review of state laws that allow illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses and restrict data sharing with federal immigration authorities.
“I can’t understand why illegals are being treated better than American law abiding citizens. Takes us 6 points of ID to get a license but they need to provide 2. No background checks are allowed so if these are members of MS-13, doesn’t matter. Doesn’t anyone think the timing of this bill is interesting? A year before our Presidential election. Wonder what else is coming.”
![NJ+Drivers+License[1]](https://theridgewoodblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WEBNJDriversLicense1.jpg "Reader calls it a \"sad day for the state \"")
“It’s a sad day for this state when people who are born and raised in this country needs six points of identification and sometimes have to make two or three trips to DMV to get a drivers license or even renew their drivers license. Then you have illegal aliens who have no identification and can go and get a drivers license. There seems to be a bit of a problem with that. The leaders of the state should be recalled.”
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy Signs Restoration of Voting Rights to People on Probation and Parole.With the stroke of Gov. Phil Murphy’s pen, New Jersey restored the right to vote to people on probation or parole.
The bill, A-5823, was passed on November 25 by the Assembly and on December 16 by the Senate. It restores voting rights upon a person’s release from prison, and to those on parole or probation. The law will go into effect 90 days from signing, or March 17, 2020.
Once implemented, this law will restore the right to vote for an estimated 83,000 New Jerseyans on probation or parole.
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Trenton NJ, Today the Democrat controlled New Jersey legislature will hold votes on six bills to support criminals and criminal behavior.
Continue reading It’s criminal Christmas in Trenton as Democrats shower rule breakers with privileges and sympathy
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CHESTER NJ, As Democrats in New Jersey seem all but certain to have a lock on legislation that will give driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from NJ Rik Mehta speaks out against it.
Continue reading U.S. Senate hopeful Dr. Rik Mehta Says Democrats Make NJ unsafe issuing Driver’s Licenses to Undocumented
Democrats Push Driver’s Licenses for Illegals as High Taxes Drive Out Legal Residents
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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Testa criticized members of Assembly Judiciary Committee who voted to give New Jersey driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.
Continue reading Senator Michael Testa Calls Democrats’ Priorities are Out of Order
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Washington DC, During the fiscal year 2019 (FY19), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) effectively combated transnational criminal threats against the United States resulting in a record-breaking number of criminal arrests. HSI is the principal investigative component of the Department of Homeland Security with more than 9,800 employees, including over 6,700 special agents and 700 intelligence analysts, assigned to more than 210 cities throughout the U.S. as well as 78 offices in 52 countries. HSI investigates a multitude of crimes including: financial crimes, bulk cash smuggling, cybercrimes, exploitation of children and child sex tourism, weapons smuggling and export enforcement, trade crimes such as commercial fraud and intellectual property theft, human smuggling and trafficking, narcotics smuggling and trafficking, identity and benefit fraud, human rights violations, transnational gang activity, counterterrorism and visa security.
Continue reading ICE Posts Record Year for Criminal Arrests
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Paramus NJ, “The Netflix blockbuster, ‘The Irishman’ and the state of New Jersey have something in common – they’re both experts in small business shakedowns.”
“Now, facing more than $200 Billion in debt, ranking 50th in the nation in financial health, and burdening every taxpayer with a $65,000 share of the bill (on top of the nations highest income and property taxes, source: https://www.truthinaccounting.org/library/doclib/NJ-2018-2pager.pdf) they have decided to double down their attacks on small business owners like you and me.”
Continue reading NJ CD-1 GOP candidate Josh Duvall Calls The Independent Contractor bill nothing more than a mafia-style shakedown
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Trenton NJ, Senator Steven Oroho (R-24) said the Murphy Administration should listen to the concerns of certified public accountants (CPAs) who overwhelmingly oppose the creation of a public bank by the State of New Jersey.
Continue reading Senator Steven Oroho, “I haven’t heard from a single financial professional working in the real world who thinks the creation of public bank in New Jersey is a good idea”
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Trenton NJ, “Today marks a significant step forward and the beginning of a deliberative process that will seek input from stakeholders, advocates, elected officials, members of the public and experts with the broad knowledge relevant to the many and complicated aspects of creating a state bank,” said Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, Board Member, Executive Director of New Jersey Citizen Action and a Public Member of the State Bank Implementation Board. “This input will help decide how such an institution would best serve New Jersey’s unmet needs, especially in the areas of affordable housing, infrastructure investment, student loans and lending for small businesses.
Continue reading NJ State Public Bank a Disaster Waiting to Happen
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Trenton NJ, Senator Steven Oroho said the Murphy Administration should widen its focus beyond efforts to lift the cap on the federal income tax deduction for state and local taxes (SALT) by joining bipartisan efforts to lower the combined tax burden of New Jersey families:
Continue reading Murphy Administration Focuses on Raising the SALT Cap Instead of lowering the Coast of NJ Government through Structural Reforms
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Trenton NJ, The fix is in! Governor Murphy and legislative Democrats are fast-tracking a law that will upend the lives of hundreds of thousands of New Jersey businesses and families The law prevents independent contractors from working for businesses unless the contractor is hired as an official employee of the business. The move will generate millions in new taxes, proving it’s just another Democratic tax grab at the expense of New Jersey’s hard working families.
Continue reading Murphy Administration Tries to Shut Down GIG Economy in New Jersey
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River Vale NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-Bergen) rebukes Gov. Phil Murphy for appointing Derrick Green to his public bank implementation board and continuing to hire those who have been convicted of bribery, accused of fraud, and a whole host of other improprieties.
“It is beyond disturbing to see that for something as significant and sizeable as a state bank, with all of the talented and qualified people in New Jersey, that quite a few members of this proposed bank have had virtually no experience whatsoever in banking,” said Schepisi. “And out of the ones who have been put on, at least one has been accused of severe, significant financial irregularities and has been under investigation for corruption and fraud.’
Continue reading Holly Schepisi (R-Bergen) rebukes Gov. Phil Murphy for appointing Derrick Green to his public bank implementation board
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Ridgewood NJ, the Murphy Administration is looking to harvest nearly $650 million in back taxes and penalties from Uber Technologies, making New Jersey the latest front in a nationwide battle over whether drivers who work for ridesharing companies are considered employees or independent contractors.
Uber and subsidiary Rasier were assessed $523 million in past-due taxes during the past four years for misclassifying drivers, the New Jersey Department of Labor said in letters to the companies, according to Bloomberg Law. The rideshare businesses also are on the hook for as much as $119 million in interest and penalties on the unpaid amounts, internal department documents obtained by the news service show.
