TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently touted his record on immigration and the Garden State’s status as a bonafide sanctuary state.
This week, New York City Mayor Adams said the city will soon enforce tighter restrictions on housing illegal migrants. Those migrants will be sent elsewhere under the city’s new budget.
Across the Hudson, displaced migrants in New York City could make the trek across another river to find sanctuary, and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has been offering it since taking office.
Murphy has previously said no other state has done more for the immigrant population than New Jersey. He said that after the Afghanistan withdrawal and subsequent refugee crisis, the state took in thousands of refugees at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, working closely with the Biden administration and the federal government.
“It was absolutely flawless,” Murphy said.
When it comes to the current influx of migrants, Murphy has changed his tune.
“There’s no scenario, sadly that I see that’s similar in this case,” Murphy said. “And if I’m right, and I believe I am, sadly, it is beyond us. I don’t want lead folks on to think there’s a secret sauce that we can figure this out.”
Murphy has been criticized by his opponents who are now calling his stance on migrants hypocritical after the Biden Administration announced it could send thousands of illegal migrants to the Atlantic City airport, according to reports release late in 2023.
There is no update on that plan at this time.
The governor denounced the move saying New Jersey can’t handle the influx of migrants. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the migrant crisis will “destroy New York City” earlier this week.