New Jersey Governor tries to muzzle ICE and it instantly blows up in her face

New Jersey’s liberal leadership has officially jumped the shark. The new governor, Mikie Sherrill, just inked a “law” that tries to tell federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents what they can and can’t do—right down to whether they’re allowed to wear masks. You have to wonder who in Trenton actually believes this nonsense is going to fly. This isn’t how America works. A state governor can’t walk in, wag her finger at federal agents, and suddenly handcuff ICE because she wants to look good for the radical left. It’s embarrassing.

But here’s the best part—Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia saw through the political theater and called out the sham for what it is. She put the governor on notice: the United States Constitution is not subject to New Jersey’s social justice fever dreams. There’s a thing called the Supremacy Clause, and it means the federal government doesn’t need permission from some woke bureaucrat in Trenton.

Let’s be real. This is all about scoring points with the open borders crowd. Progressives have such deep contempt for American law enforcement that they’d rather play dress-up politics than protect their own communities. They’d rather make life difficult for ICE than deal with the real threats coming across the border every day. Do these people care about public safety, or just making headlines for their activist friends?

The cold, hard truth is this: ICE isn’t going anywhere. The agency is funded for years to come, and they will keep doing their jobs whether Governor Sherrill likes it or not. Even as liberals flail around, desperate to stop deportations and flood our neighborhoods with illegal immigrants, the law is crystal clear. If the governor wants to rip up her own state’s constitution next, maybe she should read the U.S. one first.

Maybe politicians in New Jersey should try focusing on their crumbling cities, broken schools, and sky-high taxes instead of virtue-signaling about laws they have no power to enforce. Here’s a question for Governor Sherrill: What part of “federal law trumps state law” do you not understand? Or is ignoring basic civics just the latest trend among blue state elites?

Source: Townhall