Responses to Sherrill PBA’s Podcast Affirming Her Support for ICE
Advocates opposing ICE terror in NJ have responded to NJ Democratic Party Candidate Mikie Sherrill’s pledge to police on a PBA podcast about what she considers ICE’s “job” apparently without too much over all reservation. FIghtBackBetter news focus has been upon Sherrill’s support for fascist IHRA codification in NJ that will deny us our free speech rights. However, as ICE turns NJ into a terrorized state and Trump continues to flaunt the idea of sending military forces into cities which could include NJ, we also should pay close attention to what she says in front of cops about what will happen in NJ regarding ICE terror if she becomes Governor. From her commentary she does not have any problem with the over all role of ICE.
She made vague reference of possible illegal actions apparently referring to ICE officers or agents without any specifics and she did not, as some other governors and mayors around the nation have done, state that she will prosecute ICE officers that break NJ state laws. FightBackBetter is recommending withholding any vote for Sherrill unless she foreswears her stated support of IHRA codification and especially to withhold the vote from her should IHRA be passed before election day.
Fightbackbetter definitely joins in demands of advocates for ending ICE operations in NJ. We demand that Sherrill denounce ICE and the Trump ICE crackdown – including political hits based upon IHRA – which she did NOT do in the cop cast. FightBackBetter wonders why Sherrill is running around talking to police about ICE – they are going to vote for Ciattarelli regardless of the union endorsement – instead of the aggrieved communities being victimized in NJ by ICE terror and the caring advocates?
The full AI generated transcription from the PBA podcast is here and the actual podcast link is here.
AMPLIFYING COMMUNITY DEMANDS TO THE SHERRILL CAMPAIGN – IF YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS DISCUSSION AND OFFER YOUR COMMENTS – PLEASE PROVIDE COMMENT / E-MAIL ADDRESS ON THIS FORM.
Mikie Sherrill not only does not speak about how she will protect our immigrant communities from being terrorized, she condones the use of ICE to do it. Let’s be clear. These are not normal times. Any Democrat who encourages the use of ICE in our state endangers all of us. We’ve seen the massive disruption of ordinary life in America and the abject cruelty they have inflicted. Mikie is seemingly adopting MAGA ideology. – NJ Community Organizer engaged in ICE Terror opposition and other concerns
This says it all about what kind of Governor we will have if we elect Mikie Sherrill, or Jack Ciattarelli for that matter. She is a Republican in disguise. There’s no difference. What we have is a UNIPARTY. She will not support immigrants. She met with an immigrant rights organization for years but every chance she had she would vote for more money for militarization at the border and to open more detention centers. She has stocks invested in Core Civic. She’s profiting from the suffering of families. She’s profiting from the separation of children from their parents. Who, being a woman and a mother, would do that to children? There’s no difference between her cruelty and Netanyahu’s. Besides, she supports Israel 100% and consequently she is fine with bombing children and any human being at this point. She supports IHRA and she will sign it for sure. If anyone reading this haven’t noticed it, she has voted and promoted sending millions of dollars to Israel to kill Palestinians. Meanwhile she fills her pockets with AIPAC money. Anyone can go to her office any day and meet her handler by the door. Why would anyone in their sanity vote for an evil that is not less than the other evil?
Mikie Sherrill now thinks that she hires a well known Latina like Patricia Campos that all Latinos are going to be jumping to her side to support her. I sincerely hope that Latinos in New Jersey aren’t that naive to let her use them as pawns to get their vote. I sincerely hope that immigrant rights organizations don’t jump on board either.
In case no one has noticed, elected officials in Trenton are holding off on the vote on the Immigrant Trust Act to use it as a bait to fool these organizations and allies into believing in her empty promises. Why would she be trusted after lying to all of us for years?? Here are these articles that show how she has changed her mind at her convenience when elections are approaching:
“Sherrill said she would not support the Immigrant Trust Act because she worries it would open the directive to legal challenges, potentially all the way to the Supreme Court.” (good excuse) May 12, 2025.
“Woodbridge, NJ – In an appearance with the New Jersey PBA, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill told a room full of law enforcement officers that she supports a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in New Jersey, during a charged exchange over the state’s sanctuary policies and immigration enforcement. She also said she will hold ICE agents and New Jersey cops accountable and will force them to ‘follow the law’ when it comes to illegal immigration.
She did not say whether or not she will revoke Governor Phil Murphy’s Immigrant Trust Directive.” (current article) August 30, 2025.
A brief electoral history of Mikie Sherrill‘Sherrill said. “People are worried that their rights and freedoms are under attack.’ Then why is she in favor of IHRA? Good question!
— Lily Benavides, Green Party of NJ
EXCERPTING SHERRILL’S COP-CAST COMMENTS ABOUT ICE CRACKDOWN
QUESTION:
Officer <garbled>, <garbled> township. What are you going to do about the illegal immigrants in the state, and having them have a driver’s licenses and continuing to be a sanctuary state for them. It’s a threat to our country. It’s a threat to our state, our homeland, and quite frankly, we’re all tired of it. Are you going to cooperate with the federal government in terms of detention and deportation?
Mikie Sherrill 10:21
So I’ve been very clear. I’m going to follow the law and the Constitution. I believe in comprehensive immigration reform, which means getting control of our borders, making sure that people have a pathway to citizenship who’ve been working here, paying taxes, can do that legally, so that we can end the underground economy that’s impacting so many of our workers and labor unions. As far as the job I see, I see that as ICE’s job. I see the job of all of you in this room of keeping our community members safe. There is an overlap there, but, but I would say what I see for police officers here in this state is making sure that, first and foremost, you’re serving the people of New Jersey.
QUESTION:
Okay, so ice does their job. Are you going to allow New Jersey to assist them doing their job?
Mikie Sherrill 11:10 I’m going to follow the law in the Constitution. I I’ll see guys. Look, we have people that are not doing that, and that there are coming in, and it’s unclear to me what some of them are here to do. They’re not following the Constitution. They’re not following process. I I’ve served this country my entire life. I’ve taken oaths to the Constitution. It’s not okay with me. Now. Are there legal are there legal requirements? I have been a federal prosecutor. I’m the only one in this race who’s actually deported people for breaking the law, and I get that. That’s that’s what I do. That’s what many of us want to see. We don’t want law breakers here, but at the same time, we also need our officers to follow the law, and that’s what I’ll require following the law in the Constitution.
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