Alina Habba launches probe of NJ governor, attorney general over refusal to assist ICE

Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba announced Thursday she is launching an investigation of Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matt Platkin for their efforts to stand in the way of the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.

Habba blasted the governor over a list of “dos and don’ts for his local state law enforcement” during an appearance on Fox News’ “Hannity,” pointing out the actions being taken are against illegal immigrants who “have gone through the court system” and are to be deported.

“It is instructing them to go against our federal rules, our executive orders, and I am unfortunately going to announce on your show tonight, and I want it to be a warning for everybody, that I have instructed my office today to open an investigation into Governor Murphy, to open an investigation into an Attorney General Platkin, who has also instructed the state police not to assist any of our federal — and they list our federal agencies that are under my direction, the FBI, the DEA — all these individuals that are trying to clean up our streets in New Jersey, not to cooperate,” Habba told host Sean Hannity.

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“That will no longer stand. [Attorney General] Pam Bondi has made it clear and so has our president that we are to take all… violent criminals and criminals out of this country and to completely enforce federal law,” she continued. “And anybody who does get in that way in the way of what we are doing, which is not political, it is simply against crime, will be charged in the state of New Jersey for obstruction, for concealment. And I will come after them hard.”

Habba said she understands state and local police “don’t have Title VIII authority” when it comes to illegal immigrants, adding: “But what they have been instructed to do by the AG and the governor as is on their website, is to not even make the phone call to ICE when they run the record and see there is a valid warrant and administrative warrant ordering deportation. That’s putting the people in my state in jeopardy.”

“And if you did commit a crime, if you ordered obstruction, if you are ordering concealment and harboring, you will be charged,” she concluded.

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