New Jersey sheriff asks for Trump's help in getting anti-sanctuary state question on the ballot

New Jersey’s attorney general is questioning the legality of a special ballot question in Sussex County that would direct the county sheriff to ignore state directives on undocumented immigrants.

State Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal in a letter said the question should not appear on the county’s November general election ballot.

In response, Sussex Sheriff Mike Strada on Friday fired off a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr slamming what he termed Gov. Phil Murphy’s “sanctuary state scheme” and requesting Barr’s guidance.

Grewal in November issued an “immigrant trust directive” that places limits on voluntary assistance provided by state, county and local law enforcement officials to federal civil immigration authorities.

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