State Sen. Carmen Amato Jr., Assemblyman Brian Rumpf and Assemblyman Greg Myhre of the 9th Legislative District have introduced companion legislation (S-3142/A-4256) that would repeal the New Jersey Attorney General Office’s Law Enforcement Directive No. 2018-6, titled “Directive Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities.” The delegation believes restrictions placed on law enforcement by the directive pose a threat to public safety and should therefore be repealed.

The state’s measure, revised in 2019, explains, “In recent years, the federal government has increasingly relied on…