A153

Prohibits municipal ordinance to create sanctuary city; establishes State and local employee ethics violation upon noncompliance with federal immigration enforcement request.

Introduced·1/13/26
Introduced Text

New Jersey A153 prohibits municipalities from creating sanctuary city policies and establishes ethics violations for noncompliance with federal.

New Jersey A153 aims to ensure cooperation between state and local officials and federal immigration authorities. The bill prohibits counties and municipalities from adopting ordinances or resolutions that require officials to refuse or fail to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement requests. Any such ordinances or resolutions adopted before the bill's effective date will be void. The bill also establishes an ethics violation for state and local employees who do not comply with lawful federal immigration enforcement requests.

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Current
Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
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History

Jan 13

Assembly

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee