Left: New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill. Right: ICE agents during an operation. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
The spokesperson suggested that Sherrill’s policies are the real danger to New Jerseyans, not ICE agents.
"ICE law enforcement would not have to be in the field in New Jersey if we had state and local cooperation. Governor Sherrill is not letting that happen, which puts New Jerseyans in danger," the spokesperson said.
DHS pointed to just a few of ICE’s recent arrests in New Jersey, which they said include pedophiles, rapists and murderers.
"While Governor Sherrill continues to encourage agitators to obstruct law enforcement and release pedophiles, rapists, gang members, and murderers onto New Jersey’s streets, our brave law enforcement will continue to risk their lives to arrest heinous criminals in New Jersey," said the spokesperson.
DHS said that it recently arrested a Mexican criminal illegal alien named Jose Ortega Villalva, who it said is convicted of sex offense against a child, fondling and molestation of a minor.
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Protesters gather outside the Delaney Hall Detention Facility during protests over federal immigration enforcement raids on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)
Abigail Jackson, a spokesperson for the White House, remarked, "If Sherill was as committed to tracking down criminal illegal aliens as she was ICE officers, New Jersey residents would be much safer."
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Jackson told Fox News Digital, "ICE officers are facing a 1,300% increase in assaults because of dangerous, untrue smears by elected Democrats."
"Just the other day, an officer had his finger bitten off by a radical left-wing rioter," she continued. "ICE officers act heroically to enforce the law and protect American communities, and local officials should work with them, not against them."
Fox News Digital's Landon Mion contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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