Two New Jersey Candidates for Governor Sued by DOJ for Obstructing Criminal Migrant Arrests
Two Democratic candidates for New Jersey governor are under federal legal fire as the DOJ targets their sanctuary city policies for allegedly obstructing immigration enforcement.
May 24, 2025
NEWARK, N.J. – Two leading candidates in New Jersey’s 2025 gubernatorial race—Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka—are among the officials named in a new U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing four cities of obstructing federal immigration enforcement through unlawful “sanctuary city” policies.
The Justice Department filed the complaint last week in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, asserting that policies enacted in Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Hoboken intentionally block cooperation with federal authorities. Fulop and Baraka are both named in their official capacities as mayors, and their sanctuary directives are cited in detail as key components of what the DOJ calls a “systematic obstruction of federal immigration law.”
“These efforts to shield illegal aliens within the Garden State are unlawful,” the complaint reads. “By intent and design, the challenged policies are a frontal assault on the federal immigration laws and the federal authorities that administer them.”
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