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New NJ Gov Murphy backs Indonesian immigrant who faces deportation
Last edited Tue Feb 6, 2018, 12:11 PM - Edit history (1)
NorthJersey.com: ...Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swooped into Central Jersey around 8 a.m. Thursday morning and arrested two Indonesians, Gunawan Liem of Piscataway and Roby Sanger of Metuchen...(Harry) Pangemanan...was backing out of his driveway to take his oldest daughter to Metuchen High School when he saw an unmarked SUV out front inch toward his car...(He) jumped out and ran inside..then he called his daughter, who was still in the car. "I told her, 'Please walk to the school because I do not trust the car behind us...'" He then called...Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale of the Highland Park Reformed Church...who...took him to the church...where he joined three other Indonesian Christians in sanctuary...
Pangemanan was honored a week ago by the Borough of Highland Park for rebuilding hundreds of homes along the Jersey Shore destroyed by superstorm Sandy. On Thursday, the Indonesian national and father of two met the governor...(but) it wasn't to receive more accolades...Gov. Phil Murphy went to the Reformed Church of Highland Park to lend his high-profile support..."I'm going to go...to Trenton right now and meet with my team and try to think through," Murphy told reporters. "This is extraordinary stuff we're talking about. These are wonderful people, and it's almost indescribable."
...In an updated statement, ICE said targeted enforcement has been part of the agency's duties for several years and are considered "necessary to identify, arrest, detain, and remove those who present a danger to our national security or public safety, or whose continued presence in the United States otherwise undermines the integrity of our immigration system."
..."ICE decides that they want to take the guy that just won the MLK award for repairing 209 houses during Hurricane Sandy and assault and threaten him," Kaper-Dale said during a Facebook Live video.
Pangemanan was honored a week ago by the Borough of Highland Park for rebuilding hundreds of homes along the Jersey Shore destroyed by superstorm Sandy. On Thursday, the Indonesian national and father of two met the governor...(but) it wasn't to receive more accolades...Gov. Phil Murphy went to the Reformed Church of Highland Park to lend his high-profile support..."I'm going to go...to Trenton right now and meet with my team and try to think through," Murphy told reporters. "This is extraordinary stuff we're talking about. These are wonderful people, and it's almost indescribable."
...In an updated statement, ICE said targeted enforcement has been part of the agency's duties for several years and are considered "necessary to identify, arrest, detain, and remove those who present a danger to our national security or public safety, or whose continued presence in the United States otherwise undermines the integrity of our immigration system."
..."ICE decides that they want to take the guy that just won the MLK award for repairing 209 houses during Hurricane Sandy and assault and threaten him," Kaper-Dale said during a Facebook Live video.
I am SO missing Murphy's predecessor Chris "Governor Soprano" Christie -- NOT!!!
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