New Jersey governor says self-declared sanctuary state can't handle NYC migrants

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

"In 2018, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal issued the 'Immigrant Trust
Directive', which effectively made New Jersey a sanctuary state"

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/31/murphy-new-jersey-influx-
migrants-00113692

Gov. Phil Murphy suggested Thursday that New Jersey does not have the
resources to take an influx of migrants from New York City at the
direction of the Biden administration.

The comments by the Democratic governor — who once said New Jersey would
become a “sanctuary” state for immigrants on his watch — comes as the
Biden administration reportedly is considering relocating migrants in New
York City to the Atlantic City International Airport. The airport is one
of 11 federal sites that the Biden administration has sent to the New York
City Mayor’s Office that are under consideration.

“I don’t see any scenario where we’re going to be able to take in a
program in Atlantic City or frankly elsewhere in the state,” Murphy said
on News 12 New Jersey’s “Ask Governor Murphy.”

“You need scale, enormous amount of federal support, resources that go
beyond anything that we can afford,” he said. “Putting everything else
aside, I just don’t see it. I would suspect that that will continue to be
the case.”

Murphy added that his office has not heard about the matter from federal
officials or the White House, but that the state has “already seen folks”
who are “probably coming from New York or other locations.”

The placement of migrants has become a frontline political issue in the
region in recent months and caused friction between Democrats. In New
York, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have clashed
over where to house migrants.

But the possibility of sending migrants to Atlantic County — one of the
poorest counties in New Jersey — has drawn bipartisan backlash from local
officials. Both Democratic and Republican candidates in the competitive
2nd legislative district race — a district that includes Atlantic City and
the nearby airport in Egg Harbor Township — strongly opposed sending
migrants to the area from New York City.

Local officials have also vowed to prevent migrants being sent to the area
from the Biden administration.

“All I can say is that I will do my best to prevent this from happening,”
longtime Republican Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson said in an
interview. “We can’t afford it. We’re a poor county. We’re one of the
poorest counties in New Jersey. It’s not a burden I can put on our
taxpayers.”

Murphy said that the country should “responsibly and humanely secure our
borders,” provide a pathway to status for millions of undocumented people
in America and overhaul the country’s legal immigration visa process,
especially in a way that can help mitigate worker shortages.

“We’ve always been a nation of immigrants, but that doesn’t mean it can be
the Wild West,” Murphy said.

FILED UNDER: NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK CITY, KATHY HOCHUL, PHIL MURPHY,
MIGRANTS


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