Mayor: 1 person arrested in reported ICE raid in Morristown
Mayor Timothy Dougherty says neither the Morristown Police Department nor the local government was involved.
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The mayor of Morristown is speaking out about an Immigration Customs Enforcement raid that happened in town where one person was arrested.
Mayor Timothy Dougherty says neither the Morristown Police Department nor the local government was involved. He says the town is still seeking information about the incident.
"I want to be clear to Morristown residents that we value and respect our local immigrant community and that we will do everything in our power to ensure that their rights are respected and that they are treated with dignity and humanity during this uncertain time,” Dougherty told residents.
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The raid comes as a fourth federal judge blocks President Donald Trump’s executive order that would end birthright citizenship for children of immigrants who are in the United States illegally.
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, who is part of the multistate lawsuit against the order – issued a statement Thursday applauding the decision.
He says that more needs to be done, writing in part, “...This is not yet over, and we will continue to fight every single step of the way until President Trump is permanently prevented from trampling on the Fourteenth Amendment rights of all Americans."
ICE raids have also been conducted in Newark and Paterson since Trump took office.
