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Residents Urge Princeton to Back State Immigrant Trust Act; Council Emphasizes Existing Local Protections
Summary
Dozens of residents and organizers called on the Princeton mayor and council to adopt a resolution supporting the New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act and to codify local protections; council members said the town already follows an attorney-general directive and local policies but can consider a town resolution.
Dozens of residents, students and immigrant-rights organizers called on the mayor and council of Princeton on June 23 to back the New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act and to adopt a local resolution that would signal municipal support and strengthen protections for immigrants.
The pleas came during the meeting's public-comment period and included detailed personal testimony about fear of enforcement actions. Asma Alhuni, an organizer with Resistencia who identified herself as an immigrant and Arab Muslim woman, said "words ... are not what protect people, policies are." She urged the council to "pass the immigration trust act." Rowan Johnson, a Princeton University student and human-rights organizer, said recent federal steps have led to detentions of visa holders and citizens and urged the council to "be the leaders that we know you can be." Juliana Lopez, a Princeton constituent and college student, said the measure would protect immigrant neighbors and "uphold your oath."
