NJ panel advances bills aimed at shielding immigrants from federal agents

NJ panel advances bills aimed at shielding immigrants from federal agents

Bill sponsor Assemblywoman Ellen Park said the legislation is “about the future of New Jersey.” (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor)A group of Assembly lawmakers advanced a trio of bills Monday afternoon intended to protect New Jersey immigrants from federal immigration enforcement. The broadest bill the Assembly Judiciary Committee approved would codify the 2018 Immigrant Trust Directive, an order from the Attorney General’s Office that…