Overview
- Executive Order No. 12 bars ICE from entering or using nonpublic areas of executive-branch property without a judicial warrant or order, including offices, parking lots, and garages.
- Lawful arrests in public areas of state property remain permitted under the directive.
- The Attorney General launched a reporting portal and a Know Your Rights hub in 22 languages to gather photos and videos of ICE activity and connect residents with legal resources, with submissions routed to state investigators rather than made public.
- Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport urged residents to submit evidence of potential misconduct such as excessive force, warrantless searches or arrests, racial profiling, wrongful detentions, or interference with voting.
- DHS denounced the move as “legally illiterate” and a risk to public safety, Republicans including Rep. Jeff Van Drew criticized the portal, and recent incidents such as an ICE firearm discharge in Roxbury Township provide the backdrop for a likely federal–state clash.