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New NJ Gov supports Indonesian immigrant in sanctuary church; Judge Issues Stay
Last edited Tue Feb 6, 2018, 02:55 PM - Edit history (2)
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.
Asbury Park Press: Indonesian asylum seekers, family members and supporters rejoiced Saturday morning at the Reformed Church of Highland Park as they absorbed the details of the federal ruling Friday night that halted deportations in their community.
"Yes, it's temporary and yes there are many more steps, but that first step has a very high bar," said the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale, whose church has housed several Indonesian Christians without legal status since October. "The attorneys have got to make a very solid argument that this has a good chance of winning."
U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark, responding to a class-action lawsuit filed Friday afternoon, ordered a temporary restraining order stopping Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deporting several Indonesian Christians immigrants while she reviewed their request for a second chance at asylum...
The ruling means those in sanctuary — Harry Pangemanan, his wife Mariyana Sunarto, Yohanes Tasik, Arthur Jemmy and Silfia Tobing — can leave the church sanctuary without fear of being deported.
"Yes, it's temporary and yes there are many more steps, but that first step has a very high bar," said the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale, whose church has housed several Indonesian Christians without legal status since October. "The attorneys have got to make a very solid argument that this has a good chance of winning."
U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark, responding to a class-action lawsuit filed Friday afternoon, ordered a temporary restraining order stopping Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deporting several Indonesian Christians immigrants while she reviewed their request for a second chance at asylum...
The ruling means those in sanctuary — Harry Pangemanan, his wife Mariyana Sunarto, Yohanes Tasik, Arthur Jemmy and Silfia Tobing — can leave the church sanctuary without fear of being deported.
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I am SO missing Phil Murphy's predecessor Chris "Governor Soprano" Christie -- NOT!!!
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What he said he has would! 
