Alina Habba, the acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, said Thursday that she would launch an investigation into the Garden State's top Democrats who reportedly refused to issue arrest warrants for immigrants illegally living in the country.
Habba's comments, made during an appearance on Fox News’s “Hannity," came after a local outlet reported that law enforcement agents in New Jersey were instructed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) not to enforce the Trump administration's civil immigration statutes.
“Unfortunately, I will announce on your show tonight, Sean — and I want it to be a warning for everybody — that I have instructed my office today to open an investigation into Gov. Murphy, to open an investigation into Attorney General Platkin, who has also instructed the state police not to assist any of our federal agencies that are under my direction, the FBI, the DEA," Habba, who previously served as counsel to President Trump, told host Sean Hannity.
She argued they were trying to press individuals "who are trying to clean up our streets" not to cooperate with the Trump administration.
“That will not stand,” the interim prosecutor said.
Murphy and Platkin’s instructions for New Jersey law enforcement follow the state’s 2018 Immigrant Trust Directive, which limits the types of assistance that New Jersey state and local law enforcement officers may provide to federal immigration authorities, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Habba didn’t reference the standing New Jersey law in her responses on air, but suggested Attorney General Pam Bondi’s orders superseded the state’s authority.
“Pam Bondi has made it clear, and so has our president, that we are to take all criminals, violent criminals and criminals out of this country and to completely ...
