Per this, New Jersey attorney general Anne Milgram has sent a letter to local leaders in her state who are trying to join the 287g program. Milgram urges them to comply with the state's prohibition on "racially-influenced policing." "The principal mission of law enforcement officers in this state is to enforce the criminal laws and to protect the communities that they serve. It is not to enforce federal immigration laws," Milgram stated in the letter. The overhauled federal program would give police officers authority to initiate deportation proceedings against illegal aliens linked to...