Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden responded to NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s directive issued this afternoon which directs corrections officers at the Monmouth County Jail not to cooperate with ICE with a pledge to fight the directive legally and to keep Monmouth County residents safe.
“We shall continue to pursue legal remedies to this directive, which deprives Monmouth County of the ability to identify individuals who have committed crimes and are here illegally,” Sheriff Golden said in a statement.
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Posted: September 27th, 2019 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, Governor Phil Murphy, Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden, New Jersey, Sanctuary State, Shaun Golden | 2 Comments »
Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden took a respectful tone in his response to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office strongly worded rebuke of his extending the County’s 287 (g) agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE).
In a letter dated July 9 to Veronica Allende, Director of the Division of Criminal Justice in the AG’s Office, Golden promised to provide the information demanded in Allende’s letter of July 8 and enlisted the support of ICE to also provide information to the Attorney General’s Office.
Golden touted the success of Monmouth County’s 287 (g) agreement with ICE, which he said has been in place since 2010 and is only instituted at the jail:
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Posted: July 10th, 2019 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Shaun Golden | Tags: Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, ICE, Sanctuary State, Sheriff Shaun Golden, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Veronica Allende | 2 Comments »
Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden
Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden quietly extended the County’s 287 (g) agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency on March 8, 2019, apparently in defiance of the Murphy Administration’s Sanctuary State Policies as implemented by State Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal’s Immigration Trust Directive.
Golden’s agreement with ICE, and that of Cape May County Sheriff Robert A. Nolan, were reported last night by NJ.com.
287 (g) agreements empower local law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration laws and to cooperate with ICE officers. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 9th, 2019 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Immigration, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Shaun Golden | Tags: 287(g), Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, ICE, Immigration Customs Enforecment, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden | 9 Comments »
The Murphy Administration’s directive that New Jersey Police and Corrections Officers thwart and/or refuse to cooperate with the enforcement of federal immigration laws took effect today, according to a NJ.com report.
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced the sanctuary policies in November:
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Posted: March 15th, 2019 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County | Tags: Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, Gov Phil Murphy, ICE, Immigration, Immigration Customs Enforecment, New Jersey, Sanctuary State | 24 Comments »
New Jersey’s attorney general on Monday ordered police departments across the state to immediately report school shooting threats to state homeland security officials. The new rule comes in response to the Parkland, Florida school shooting and as state lawmakers are fast-tracking new legislation aimed at preventing mass shootings. It also applies to houses of worship and… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 27th, 2018 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, New Jersey, School Shooting threats | Comments Off on Attorney General orders cops to report all N.J. school shooting threats to state
Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden responded to NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s directive issued this afternoon which directs corrections officers at the Monmouth County Jail not to cooperate with ICE with a pledge to fight the directive legally and to keep Monmouth County residents safe.
