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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.
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River Vale NJ,Assemblywomen Holly Schepisi ,” Today the Assembly Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to permit undocumented immigrants to receive full driver’s licenses in New Jersey. As with all bills the devil always lies in the details. While I would consider a type of driving privilege card for those who may not be here legally, this bill once again goes too far. One of my biggest issues with the bill is that just last year Governor Murphy signed into law an automatic voter registration law under which anyone and everyone who applies for a driver’s license in New Jersey automatically is registered to vote. You must pro actively exempt yourself or you are now eligible to vote in every election. All penalties for improperly registering to vote also were removed in that bill with a presumption that if you get “caught” you didn’t mean to do it (the specific language in A2014 signed into law in 2018 says “e. If a person who is not entitled to vote becomes registered to vote pursuant to this section, that person’s registration shall be presumed to have been effected with official authorization, and the person shall not be deemed to have committed a crime under 29 R.S.19:34-1). Therefore we are now potentially automatically registering to vote undocumented individuals who otherwise are prohibited from voting in our elections without real protections to prevent this. No one has given me any assurance as to how the State intends to prevent this from occurring. No language is in this bill that exempts these basic licenses from automatic registration.
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TRENTON NJ, Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips slammed Democrats for fast-tracking legislation (A4743) that would allow illegal immigrants the ability to obtain driver’s licenses and identification through the Motor Vehicle Commission.
Continue reading Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips : Driving is a privilege not a right
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Trenton NJ, On Thursday, December 12, the NJ Senate Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on bill S3229 which would grant driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Citizens for Positive Change NJ is hosting a press conference to warn the public about the dangers of granting driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.
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RIDGEWOOD NJ, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal addressed the opioid epidemic and attempted to sugar coat his failed environmental record on Monday, trumpeting the disastrous Murphy administration policies.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18th 1-3PM | NJ Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal
Ridgewood NJ, NJ Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal discusses current initiatives including gun control and campus sexual assault. Q&A to follow. Cosponsored with the League of Women Voters. Questions, contact Roberta at RPanjwani@ridgewoodlibrary.org. Registration required. Please register here.
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Andover NJ, It seems voters in Sussex County do not trust Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s “Immigrant Trust Directive”.Voters in Sussex County Tuesday overwhelming supported a public question about continuing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, despite a statewide directive issued by Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, which limits voluntary assistance from law enforcement officers.
According to unofficial results, the question passed by a huge margin with 67% support, as 22,081 voted “Yes” while 10,982 voted “No.”
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Clark NJ, In March of 2018 the NJ Attorney General released the “Immigrant Trust Directive” which became effective in March of 2019. Designed to strengthen the trust between law enforcement officers and the state’s immigrant community by ensuring that crime victims and witnesses feel safe reporting crimes. The Directive limits the types of voluntary assistance that law enforcement officers of all types in NJ can give to federal immigration officers.” Having read the directive myself” commented Dist. 22 GOP candidate Patricia Quattrocchi. ” I can say that it amounts to making NJ a Sanctuary State by protecting illegal immigrants from capture by Federal ICE officers who are doing their job by enforcing the law.”
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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey Transit Police seize thousands of dollars in illegal drugs, and arrest distributor.
The New Jersey Transit Police have arrested Jimmy Romero, 40, of Haledon, N.J. for multiple drug-related offenses and seized approximately $4,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine.
During the investigation, Transit Police District #3 officers Brian Lee, Christina Hicks, Sergeant Kristen Bivona and Efrain Pena-Pérez observed Romero distributing drugs from a vehicle at Paterson Station and at various parts throughout the City of Paterson. With the assistance of NJTPD District #2 and District #3 Anti-Crime Units, Mr. Romero was arrested without incident. The execution of search warrants resulted in the seizure of Mr. Romero’s vehicle, hundreds of wax folds of heroin, bags of crack cocaine and currency.
Mr. Romero was charged with multiple drug-related offenses including possession and distribution. He was lodged at the Passaic County Jail. Charges are mere accusations and the accused is considered innocent until proven guilty.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Lodi Police a New Jersey Transit passenger suffered a leg injury when she inadvertently sat in sulfuric acid after boarding a bus in Lodi on Sunday afternoon. The No. 164 bus departs the Ridgewood bus station daily.
The 69-year-old New York woman got on the No. 164 bus around 2:20 p.m. at the intersection of Essex Street and Maywood Avenue, sat down and immediately felt a burning sensation on her leg.
Police and the Bergen County Hazmat team were dispatched to the site, clearing the passengers off the bus. The woman was treated and released from an area hospital.
Another bus was sent to pick up the passengers, and no one else was hurt. NJ Transit described the substance as a liquid. Authorities are investigating to determine exactly what the woman sat on and how it got there.
The No. 164 bus travels between Midland Park, Ridgewood on a local route to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York.
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Trenton NJ, Earlier this year, Governor Phil Murphy’s administration ordered local law enforcement officials to stop cooperating with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents when detaining criminals who are also illegal immigrants.
Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested more than 50 illegal immigrants and issued wanted posters for several more who were intentionally released from prisons under the Governor’s Administration’s directive. Among those released were two men charged with domestic violence and a man arrested for alleged sexual assault on a minor child.
Continue reading The NJGOP is Actively Encouraging every Municipality and County to Pass a resolution to put Public Safety First
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Paterson NJ, A Passaic County, New Jersey, man has been charged by indictment with kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and transporting her to Ohio, as well as with being in the United States illegally after previously being deported, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
Juan Carlos Morales-Pedraza, 33, of Paterson, New Jersey, was charged in a superseding indictment with one count of kidnapping, one count of transportation of a minor, and one count of re-entry of removed aliens. He was arraigned today before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler in Newark federal court and pleaded not guilty.
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initially called for the arrest of Attorney General Grewal for harboring these criminal illegals
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Woodbridge NJ, As the Democratic machine attempts to maintain control of Middlesex County with dangerous sanctuary policies, Sheriff candidate Anthony Gallo continues to take the lead on no-sanctuary policies, as this has been a part of his initial platform. “This sanctuary state is what initiated me to get into the race for Sheriff in the first place. As the election moved forward, I initially called for the arrest of Attorney General Grewal for harboring these criminal illegals. Now, I see that Sheriffs in Monmouth, Cape May and Sussex are also resisting AG Grewal’s Immigrant directive. I have attended dozens of events throughout Middlesex County over the past 8 months and have spoken to thousands of people on the sanctuary state, it is my opinion that at least 80-90% do not want these criminals running around in their communities with their children. As soon as I mention my stance on this subject I immediately get “You got my vote”, even from many Democrats.
Continue reading Middlesex Sheriff Candidate Anthony Gallo Calls Sanctuary Policies Dangerous
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Paramus NJ, The New Jersey State Police have arrested Cashovey McCallum, 20, of Newark, N.J. and a 17-year-old juvenile male from Irvington, N.J., for allegedly robbing and assaulting an Uber driver on the Garden State Parkway in Paramus .
On Saturday, August 3, Saka Akinkunle was working as an Uber driver when he picked up two passengers in Irvington Township, Essex County. Shortly after getting into the car, the passengers requested to change their destination. Akinkunle advised them to enter the new address in the Uber mobile app. The passengers stated that their cell phones were dead and requested to borrow Akinkunle’s phone. While the suspects had the driver’s cell phone, they made an unauthorized electronic funds transfer from Akinkunle’s Uber account into an unknown account.
Continue reading State Police Arrest Two for Robbery and Assault of Uber Driver in Paramus
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Hackensack NJ, The Bergen County Republican candidates are applauding the Ocean County Freeholders for filing a federal lawsuit against the state Attorney General’s office. The lawsuit was filed in response to a statewide edict that severely limits cooperation between state law enforcement agencies and federal immigration authorities (ICE).
“Ocean County Freeholders are standing up to Gov. Murphy and the Attorney General to support law enforcement and protect the public. Sadly, we can only wish the Democrat Bergen County freeholders had such courage,” said BCRO Chairman Jack Zisa.
Continue reading Bergen GOP Supports Ocean County Freeholders’ Suit Vs. Murphy Over Immigration Law