An executive order prohibits ICE from using state-owned property, but the AG says it doesn’t apply to public spaces like train stations.
New Jersey’s Attorney General says an executive order banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from state-owned property does not apply to NJ Transit facilities, reports Eric Scott for New Jersey 101.5.
According to the AG, the governor’s executive order “does not apply to areas that are generally open to the public, such as transit platforms, stations, trains and buses. Because those spaces function as public thoroughfares rather than restricted government property, ICE agents cannot be excluded from them.”
The order still precludes ICE from using NJ Transit stations or platforms as “specific staging areas” for their operations. “Leadership at New Jersey Transit says the agency is now working on clear guidelines for how its employees should respond if federal agents conduct enforcement activity on transit property.
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