{"id":2021781,"date":"2023-09-04T22:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T02:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-governor-no-longer-wants-immigrants-after-earlier-advocating-for-sanctuary-state\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T22:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T02:49:18","slug":"new-jersey-governor-no-longer-wants-immigrants-after-earlier-advocating-for-sanctuary-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-governor-no-longer-wants-immigrants-after-earlier-advocating-for-sanctuary-state\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Governor reverses stance on immigrants, no longer supports sanctuary state."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-jersey-governor-no-longer-wants-immigrants-after-earlier-advocating-for-sanctuary-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021781&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>New Jersey Governor Changes Stance on Border Policies<\/h2>\n<p>New \u2062Jersey\u2019s\u200b Democrat Gov.\u200b Phil Murphy has changed \u2064his stance on border policies after refusing to take in\u200b immigrants as proposed under a Biden administration scheme, \u2062even though the \u2063governor had\u200c earlier insisted on building a \u201csanctuary state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration recently proposed that some \u200dof the 60,000 asylum seekers in New York City could be moved to the Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. \u2063The decision triggered a sharp reaction from New Jersey politicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t \u2064see \u200bany scenario \u2062where we&#8217;re going to be able to take in a program in Atlantic City or frankly\u2064 elsewhere in the\u2064 state,\u201d Mr. \u200cMurphy\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/newjersey.news12.com\/gov-murphy-i-dont-see-any-scenario-where-nj-can-take-in-displaced-migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> during News 12 New Jersey\u2019s \u201cAsk\u200c Gov. Murphy\u201d show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/gotaways-the-hidden-border-crisis-5485063\">\u2018Gotaways: The Hidden Border Crisis\u2019<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/3\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/gotaways-the-hidden-border-crisis-5485063\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/less-than-half-of-cross-border-mail-packages-x-rayed-for-guns-federal-report-5485411\">Less Than Half \u200bof Cross-Border Mail Packages X-Rayed for Guns: \u2062Federal Report<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/2\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/less-than-half-of-cross-border-mail-packages-x-rayed-for-guns-federal-report-5485411\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are already seeing folks in New Jersey that have probably swelled into Jersey from\u200c New York City or from other locations, but \u2064you need scale, enormous amount of federal support\u2014resources\u2062 that\u2062 go beyond anything that we can afford\u2014putting everything\u200d else\u200b aside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Murphy\u2019s concerns about housing illegal immigrants and asylum seekers comes despite the fact \u200bthat he has been a vocal\u2062 supporter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/customs-and-border-protection-to-host-unconscious-bias-seminar-during-immigration-crisis\/\" title=\"Customs and Border Protection To Host \u2018Unconscious Bias\u2019 Seminar During Immigration Crisis\">liberal immigration policies<\/a> over \u2064the past years. In 2017, \u200cwhile he was\u2064 a candidate, Mr. Murphy insisted on making New\u2064 Jersey a \u200b\u201csanctuary state.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>New Jersey Gov.\u2063 Phil Murphy gives \u200ba victory speech \u200bto\u2064 supporters at Grand Arcade at the Pavilion in Asbury Park, N.J., on Nov. 3, 2021. (Eduardo\u2062 Munoz Alvarez\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At \u2062the time, his\u200b competitor, the \u2063Republican nominee for governor, \u2062warned about\u200d the dangers \u200dof providing sanctuary to undocumented immigrants and accused Mr. Murphy \u2064of\u2064 seeking to \u201cviolate\u201d the federal law and\u200c putting people at risk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, Mr. Murphy insisted that sanctuary policies were about \u201cinclusiveness\u201d and\u200c the election was \u200babout the \u201cnation\u2019s moral compass\u201d and \u201cthe goodness of America,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/new-jersey\/story\/2017\/10\/26\/candidates-clash-over-sanctuary-policies-in-nj-governors-race-115299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senatenj.com\/index.php\/oscanlon\/legislative-district-13-calls-upon-governor-u-s-senators-to-block-n-y-c-s-attempt-to-use-n-j-to-solve-federal-immigration-crisis\/61248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>,\u200b a group of Republican\u200c legislators from New Jersey\u2019s \u200d13th district \u200dsaid,\u2063 \u201cNew Jersey\u200c should not in any \u2062way, shape or form be used as a scapegoat \u200dto \u200dbear the\u200b fallout of \u200dfailed Democrat Policies which \u2062continuously impact Americans and\u200d immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt \u200dis well past time\u200b for the Governor \u2062and our U.S. Senators to \u200cmake it clear to New \u2063York City and Washington, D.C., that New Jersey will not\u200c tolerate \u2062their inabilities to implement real, effective changes to address the immigration crisis facing this nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u200cState of New Jersey should not\u2064 become a tool to gloss over the gross ineptitude of federal politicians \u200dto produce a fair resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/31\/murphy-new-jersey-influx-migrants-00113692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with the outlet,\u200d Republican Atlantic County Executive Dennis\u200b Levinson said that he will \u2063do his \u201cbest to \u200cprevent\u201d migrants from being sent to the region. \u200cAtlantic County is one of the poorest \u2062counties in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t afford it.\u2064 We\u2019re a poor county.\u2062 We\u2019re one of the\u2063 poorest counties in New Jersey. It\u2019s not a\u200d burden I can\u2062 put on our taxpayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Democrats Fight Over \u200bImmigrants<\/h2>\n<p>While New \u2064Jersey is rejecting the Biden administration&#8217;s \u2063proposal to send some of \u2064New York&#8217;s illegal immigrants to their\u200d state, New York&#8217;s leaders are facing heat over \u2063the impacts of their own party&#8217;s border policies and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-governor-no-longer-wants-immigrants-after-earlier-advocating-for-sanctuary-state\/\" title=\"NJ Governor reverses stance on immigrants, no longer supports sanctuary state.\">resulting immigrant surge<\/a>, with Democrats blaming each other \u200bfor the\u2062 situation.<\/p>\n<p>NY \u200bDemocrat Governor Kathy Hochul is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/blame-game-over-new-yorks-migrant-crisis-escalates-5483684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushing<\/a> the blame onto \u200bthe Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis crisis originated with the federal \u200dgovernment, and it must be \u200cresolved through the federal government \u2026 The borders\u2062 and decisions\u2062 about who can work\u200c are solely determined by \u2063the federal government,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>New\u2064 York Gov. Kathy Hochul gives a speech in New York on Jan. 31, 2023. (Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is blaming Ms. Hochul for the crisis. \u201cI think the governor&#8217;s wrong. She&#8217;s the governor of the state of New York. New\u200c York \u2063City is in that state. Every county in this state should be part of this,\u201d he said during a recent speech.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, more than 55,000\u200d foreigners have sought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/eric-adams-says-migrant-crisis-has-destroyed-new-york-city-5214094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asylum<\/a> in New York City, claiming to \u2064be at threat of violence and persecution in their home nations, according to the\u2062 City \u200dHall.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor\u2019s Office of\u2063 Management and Budget calculates the \u2062cost of \u2062providing shelter and other services\u200d to these \u200billegal immigrants and\u200c asylum seekers at $1.4 billion in 2023 and $2.8\u2063 billion in\u2063 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, comedian commentator Bill\u200d Maher slammed progressive leaders for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/entertainment\/bill-maher-blasts-progressives-over-migrant-crisis-5443268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">handling<\/a> \u200bof the immigration crisis. \u201cDon\u2019t pretend that \u2062you love\u200b migrants \u2062so much and then, when [border states] send them \u200cto \u2064you, you don\u2019t like them,\u201d he said during\u2063 a podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, \u2064you liked them when it wasn\u2019t your problem\u2063 because you\u2019re not a border state. And then when they show up in\u200c Chicago, in New York, you\u2019re \u200dlike &#8230; &#8216;What are we going to do with\u200c these \u200bpeople?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Immigrant Numbers\u2064 Jump Under Biden<\/h2>\n<p>The migrant crisis in New \u2064York is happening \u2062as the number of illegal immigrants \u2062crossing into \u2064America across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vp-kamala-harris-headlines-electric-trucks-event-as-border-encounters-with-illegal-aliens-up-314-percent\/\" title=\"VP Kamala Harris Headlines Electric Trucks Event as Border Encounters with Illegal Aliens Up 314 Percent\">southwest land border<\/a> has surged\u2064 under the policies \u200bof the current administration.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Illegal immigrants wait to be taken by Border Patrol to a processing\u200d facility\u2063 to begin their \u200basylum-seeking process in Eagle \u200cPass, Texas, on June 25, 2023. (Suzanne Cordeiro\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2020,\u200d the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/nationwide-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> 458,088 encounters \u2064in the southwest land border. This jumped to 1.73 million\u200d in \u20632021 and then to 2.37 million in 2022. As of July, the encounters have already exceeded 1.97 million.<\/p>\n<p>In an \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/radio\/2023\/08\/12\/tim-scott-we-must-finish-border-wall-protect-americans-crush-cartels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Breitbart last \u200cmonth, presidential hopeful Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) highlighted \u200bthe need to\u200c complete \u2064President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u200b border wall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number one thing \u200dwe should do is finish the <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey&#8217;s Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, has reversed his position on border policies. Despite advocating for a &#8220;sanctuary state,&#8221; he declined to accept immigrants as suggested by the Biden administration. The proposal aimed to relocate some of the 60,000 asylum seekers in New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":2021782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}