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governor of new jersey Mikey SherrillDemocrats announced that state officials will launch a portal that will allow residents to upload photos and videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducting federal operations.
Sherrill revealed the move Wednesday on Comedy Central’s evening comedy news show “The Daily Show.”
“If you see an ICE agent on the street, please pull out your phone, we want to know,” Sherrill said.
“They haven’t shown up yet,” the governor continued. “They’re going to pick up people, they’re not going to tell us who they are, they’re not going to tell us if they’re here legally, they’re not going to check. They’re going to pick up an American citizen. They’re going to pick up a five-year-old. We need documentation and we’re going to make sure we get it.”
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill announced that state officials will launch a portal that will allow residents to upload videos of ICE operations. (Michael Nagel/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Sherrill said her administration will soon launch a portal so New Jersey residents “can upload all their cellphone videos and alert people” to local immigration operations.
Sean Higgins, a spokesman for the governor, said Sherrill’s administration will release more details in the coming days.
“Keeping New Jerseyans safe is Governor Sherrill’s top priority, and in the coming days, she and Acting Attorney General Davenport will announce additional actions to protect New Jerseyans from federal overreach,” Higgins said in a statement.
Sherrill also said her administration intends to provide information and educate New Jerseyans about their rights in the state.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said her administration will launch a portal so New Jersey residents “can upload all their cellphone videos and alert people” about immigration operations. (Eduardo Muñoz Alvarez/Getty Images)
New York Attorney General Letitia James launched a similar portal in her state in October, saying state officials would review videos and images uploaded to the portal to determine whether immigration agents broke the law. California officials also launched a portal last month for residents to report possible illegal conduct by ICE agents.
A number of grassroots organizations across the country have also been warning community members about reports of ICE activity so immigrants can avoid the area.
Prior to this, federal immigration agents had killed American citizens twice in the United States. minneapolis this month. Both shootings were recorded by bystanders and sparked riots in Minnesota and across the country.
Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on January 7 in Minneapolis, and on Saturday, Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti while he was documenting an immigration enforcement operation in the same city.
Intensive care unit nurse Preeti appeared to be trying to help a knocked out female agent, but he was sprayed with an irritant, pushed to the ground and beaten, according to video and eyewitness accounts. One agent was later seen pulling Preti’s legally owned firearm from his waistband before other agents fired several shots, killing him.
This month, two killings of U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis were recorded by bystanders. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Sherrill also compared ICE to the secret police forces she observed in other countries while serving in the Navy.
“We see people on the streets wearing masks, not wearing any badges. So being completely irresponsible, avoiding crowds – we see over and over again the destruction of what law enforcement Measures should be taken to keep people safe,” she said on Wednesday.
Democrats in Congress and state legislatures have for months sought measures to ban immigration agents from wearing masks to hide their identities, arguing that such legislation is needed to ensure transparency.
