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Announcements Mar 26, 2026 at 1:36 PM

Gov. Sherrill signs New Jersey laws restricting ICE cooperation without warrants

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https://www.silive.com/news/2026/03/gov-sherrill-signs-new-jersey-laws-restricting-ice-cooperation-without-warrants.html
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echofinder Mar 26, 2026 +7
I checked the actual text of the laws; these laws do appear to require Judicial Warrants. You have to read stuff like this carefully because - as seen in MN - ICE has been trying to use administrative warrants, which they issue to themselves, to try to circumvent peoples' rights. So my fear is that as we see legislatures across the country continue to propose laws like this, we may see more cowardly legislatures allow those administrative warrants, which would give them the appearance of taking a stand but would render those laws effectively worthless.
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SauceDonut Mar 26, 2026 -1
Just when you thought politics couldn’t get any spicier, New Jersey serves up some hot takes!
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RedPandaExplorer Mar 26, 2026 +2
It's not meaningless to create legislation that makes ICE's job harder. States can't literally stop the federal agents, you're right, but they can refuse to cooperate. Which is what this is: >The second law, S3522, bars state and local agencies from sharing information about a person’s immigration status without a warrant. >The third law, S3521, makes permanent the state’s existing Immigrant Trust Directive, preventing local police from assisting federal immigration authorities without a judicial warrant.
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Red57872 Mar 26, 2026 +1
I would hope that they would carve out an exception for people who have been convicted of serious crimes...
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Skittle69 Mar 26, 2026 +1
If they were convicted of serious crimes and had information on their whereabouts, pretty sure they can get a warrant...
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MoreCleverUserName Mar 26, 2026 +1
If they've been convicted, they're already in custody, no? In which case ICE should have NO F****** PROBLEM getting a warrant because there's no time pressure.
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Red57872 Mar 26, 2026 +1
...that's if ICE (if they were previously aware of the person) is now aware that they're in custody. If they didn't know the person was an illegal immigrant and was in their custody, they wouldn't know to get a warrrant.
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MoreCleverUserName Mar 26, 2026 +1
In this scenario, the person would be in State custody. It is not the State's job to enforce immigration laws. That is ICE's job. If the person is in ICE's custody then the State has nothing to do with it at all.
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Red57872 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Ok, and if John Doe is convicted of a serious crime in New Jersey, and state authorities know or suspect he is an illegal immigrant, will they notify ICE?
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RedPandaExplorer Mar 26, 2026 +1
Why wouldn't they just notify New Jersey, and let New Jersey State Police handle the crime?
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Red57872 Mar 26, 2026 +1
Who's "they"? ICE? New Jersey State Police don't handle deportation.
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RedPandaExplorer Mar 26, 2026 +1
You mentioned a serious crime. I'm assuming you mean they did something like r*** or murder in New Jersey. If cops in Pennsylvania catch them, they'll transfer them to NJSP so that they can get prosecuted for NJ state crimes ICE doesn't need to be involved at all because they don't handle NJ state crimes
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RedPandaExplorer Mar 26, 2026 +1
If they were convicted of serious crimes, wouldn't the local police... just arrest them? Why does ICE even need to be involved?
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Red57872 Mar 26, 2026
If they've been convicted, they wouldn't need to be arrested by local police as they'd be in ICE custody. It would be ICE's job to detain them for deportation after they've served their sentence.
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