New Jersey’s Democrat governor challenged federal authorities to come get an illegal immigrant whom he appeared to say he was harboring inside his garage.
Gov. Phil Murphy made the comments while speaking with a progressive activist group at Montclair State University in Montclair on Saturday.
‘This should be disqualifying as a governor.’
“There is someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to, and we said, ‘You know what? Let’s have her live at our house above our garage,'” said Murphy at the event.
“And good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her,” he added.
Murphy has previously forbidden state and local law enforcement to cooperate with deportation and immigration enforcement in the state. The Trump administration has warned that it would seek legal action against state officials who got in the way of enforcing immigration law.
Video of the comments was circulated on social media, where Murphy was excoriated by critics.
“He’s a public official who is daring the federal government. This should be disqualifying as a governor,” responded author Adam Coleman.
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