Philip D. Murphy, on his last day as governor, vetoed two bills aimed at expanding immigrant rights in New Jersey, disappointing advocates who for years had fought for the added protections in a state with the country’s second largest percentage of immigrants after California.
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The Assembly and Senate passed a trio of immigration-related bills on the last day of the legislative session, an effort seen as a defiant statement of principle as President Trump seeks to increase deportations. Mr. Murphy signed just one of the three into law on Tuesday, allowing the other two to expire without his signature, which is known as a pocket veto in the final days of a two-year legislative cycle.
The bill signed into law will require the state to write “model policies” to protect the rights of New Jersey residents at sensitive locations, including schools, courthouses, shelters, jails and health care facilities.
The state would be expected to provide instructions to employees of these so-called safe spaces about when and where federal agents are permitted to enforce civil immigration laws — and when and where they are not.
One measure that failed would have given guidelines contained in the state’s Immigrant Trust Directive the force of law, making it harder for a future administration to undo. The directive, which has survived legal appeals and remains in place, limits the amount of help state and local law enforcement officers can give federal agents enforcing civil immigration law.
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A third bill would have safeguarded personal information held by health care facilities and government agencies, including the Department of Motor Vehicles. Undocumented immigrants have been able to obtain driver’s licenses in New Jersey since 2019, leaving details about their personal lives vulnerable to scrutiny by federal immigration authorities.
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