Alina Habba says she's launched a probe into N.J.'s Democratic governor over immigration enforcement

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In an interview Thursday on Fox News, Habba said she told her office to investigate New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew Platkin over a 2018 directive that prevents state officers from detaining individuals solely due to questions about their immigration or citizenship status or from participating in federal immigration operations.
46% : "I want it to be a warning for everybody that I have instructed my office today to open an investigation into Gov. Murphy, to open an investigation into Attorney General Platkin, who has also instructed the state police not to assist any of our federal agencies that are under my direction ... not to cooperate," Habba said.
45% : Murphy has pushed back on Habba's claim about crime in New Jersey, saying in a podcast interview set to be released Friday that the state cooperates with federal immigration authorities "daily.
34% : In January, the Justice Department threatened to prosecute state and city officials who refuse to help federal immigration agents.

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