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Residents urge Monroe Council to endorse state 'Immigrant Trust Act'; council says it will review
Summary
More than a dozen residents and social-service providers urged the Monroe Township Council on Oct. 6 to support the state Immigrant Trust Act and to codify protections for immigrant communities; the council did not vote but said it would review the proposal.
Dozens of residents and community advocates used the Oct. 6 public-comment period at the Monroe Township Council meeting to press the council to back the Immigrant Trust Act now before the New Jersey Legislature and to codify protections in the Attorney General’s 2018 immigrant‑trust directive.
Speakers — including Peter Economou, a Monroe resident; Jenny Pisaki, a social worker with Jewish Family Services; and community organizers and volunteers — described cases they said showed immigrants' fear of deportation and urged the council to pass a resolution affirming Monroe’s support. “This piece of legislation will codify and expand the state directive…which limits local law enforcement from collaborating with federal immigration authorities beyond what is required…
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