Pass the New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act

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Far too many immigrant New Jerseyans and their families live in fear that a routine interaction with law enforcement, a visit to the emergency room, or even a school drop-off will result in separation from their loved ones and deportation.

Tell your state lawmakers: we must build a fair and welcoming state for all people – regardless of immigration status. It’s past time for New Jersey to end its participation in the federal detention and deportation machine and support immigrant families across our state. That’s why we must pass the Immigrant Trust Act.

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Governor Phil Murphy
Senate President Nicholas Scutari
Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin
Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz
Assembly Majority Leader Louis D. Greenwald
Senator Brian P. Stack
Assemblyman Reginald W. Atkins
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Subject Pass the Immigrant Trust Act for a fairer and more welcoming NJ

Since January, immigrants in New Jersey and around the country have been the target of unprecedented attacks by the Trump administration. From attacks on birthright citizenship and due process to the turbocharging of immigration enforcement and detention, the threats to immigrants and their families are escalating. And with the passage of the federal budget reconciliation bill, which funnels $75 billion to ICE, the attacks will only get worse.

Now, more than ever, we need state lawmakers to stand with immigrant New Jerseyans. That means ending New Jersey’s participation in the federal detention and deportation machine. Though the Garden State has taken essential steps to mitigate its role in this cruel system through the adoption of the Immigrant Trust Directive, more must be done to build a truly fair and welcoming state for all people regardless of immigration status.

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The Immigrant Trust Act (S3672/A4987) limits New Jersey’s involvement in the federal detention and deportation system by creating new data privacy protections for people who interact with state and local agencies, and by strengthening and codifying the separation between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement. I urge you to affirm your commitment to immigrant communities across the state by voting in support of the Immigrant Trust Act, which will:

• Ensure that local resources are used to support local priorities rather than fund federal immigration enforcement

• Protect personal information by limiting the circumstances under which public agencies can collect information related to immigration status

• Require public schools, health care facilities, libraries, and shelters to adopt model policies to help people feel safer seeking the public services to which they are eligible

• Prohibit state and local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities when doing so is voluntary under federal law

• Eliminate carve-outs in the Immigrant Trust Directive – guidance that limits how state and local law enforcement resources are used to support federal immigration enforcement – that deny the same protections to immigrants entangled in the criminal legal system and that disproportionately harm Black and brown New Jerseyans due to racial disparities in policing and prosecution

• Creates reporting requirements designed to track compliance with the Act

Until we pass the Immigrant Trust Act, far too many immigrant New Jerseyans and their families will continue to live in fear that routine interactions with state and local government – be it registering for healthcare, reporting wage theft, or contacting law enforcement – will result in separation from their loved ones and deportation. As the federal government continues to expand immigration detention and new threats loom over our immigrant communities, passing S3672/A4987 is more urgent than ever.

This moment calls for action and leadership. New Jersey can join other states – including Connecticut and California – in ending its complicity in harmful federal immigration enforcement. I urge you to vote "yes" in support of the Immigrant Trust Act, and to help build a stronger, fairer, and more welcoming New Jersey for everyone who calls this state home.

Sincerely,

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