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Trump should drop busloads of illegals right outside the governor’s mansion in NJ. And Mickie Sherril’s actual home

Trump sues New Jersey over immigration sidelining

The Trump administration sued New Jersey and Governor Mikie Sherrill over the state’s policy to bar immigration officials from entering state-owned property.

In the 21-page lawsuit filed Monday evening, the U.S. Department of Justice claims the state’s new policy wrongfully prohibits federal immigration officials from using state property as a staging area, processing location or base for their operations.

Earlier this month, Sherrill signed an executive order preventing federal immigration officials from commandeering state-owned office buildings, parking lots, garages and other facilities for their activities.

State officials also have encouraged New Jerseyans to share photos and videos of interactions with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials through an online portal.

However, the Justice Department says the executive order usurps Congress’ authority and violates the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution.

“Federal agents are risking their lives to keep New Jersey citizens safe, and yet New Jersey’s leaders are enacting policies designed to obstruct and endanger law enforcement,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. “States may not deliberately interfere with our efforts to remove illegal aliens and arrest criminals. New Jersey’s sanctuary policies will not stand.”

Seriously, Democrats made federal supremacy on immigration quite clear when they sued Arizona over their “show your papers” law, SB1070. Democrats cheered the legal rulings. Nor did most complain about Obama detaining illegals in cages, nor his catch and quickly deport program. But, now that Trump is president, they seem to want to do all they can to protect all illegals, including the hardcore criminals. It might makes some sense if they were like “here are the criminals, but, we’re shielding those without a criminal history”, but, no.