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\u201cWe had people profiled and asked for their IDs in our city simply based on the color of their skin. That has no place in America. It has no place in Jersey City. It is against everything in this city stands for,\u201d Solomon told reporters after an unrelated presser<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to Solomon, those detained over the weekend are being held at Delaney Hall in Newark. He said that for any family members affected, there are local organizations that provide resources and assistance for them and their loved one.<\/p>\n Solomon condemned \u201cin the strongest terms as possible\u201d ICE\u2019s recent actions in Jersey City. He said that Jersey City has demanded they leave and never come back if they are going to use that style of indiscriminate targeting.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are committed to our sanctuary city policies, which state that we do not use city resources or city personnel to aid and assist ICE unless they have a signed judicial warrant,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n He added that he didn\u2019t believe the assertion from ICE that the Jersey City Police Department was notified beforehand, reiterating spokesman Nathaniel Styer\u2019s comments from yesterday.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was a lie. I don\u2019t trust anything that\u2019s coming out of that operation. And I think we\u2019ve seen these extraordinary abuses from that. We\u2019ve laid out our policy. They all know what our policy is,\u201d Solomon stated.<\/p>\n If federal immigration enforcement authorities have a signed criminal warrant, then the city will cooperate. Outside of that, he said Jersey City\u2019s latest executive order policies entail no further assistance.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s our policy. It\u2019s a policy that keeps the people of Jersey City safe.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c10 illegal aliens\u201d were arrested in Jersey City on Sunday, some \u201cwho committed felonies\u201d by re-entering the country, an ICE spokeswoman exclusively told HCV<\/a>.<\/p>\n One such incident<\/a> was caught on camera<\/a> by multiple onlookers including Ward D Councilman Jake\u00a0Ephros, who recorded the incredulous moment\u00a0at the 9th Street Station of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail where\u00a0an ICE agent told him he \u201cdidn\u2019t need a warrant, bro,\u201d\u00a0to\u00a0detain individuals\u00a0in public spaces.<\/p>\n Solomon described the encounter on the border of the Jersey City Heights and Hoboken as well as the others as\u00a0\u201cunconscionable,\u201d\u00a0noting that neighbors and members of the community are being\u00a0detained on their way to work at the light rail station.<\/p>\n While Solomon\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0comment on the legality of if ICE or Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) needs a warrant to detain individuals in public spaces, he said that they should have a warrant.<\/p>\n He said that if Trump is really targeting \u201cthe worst of the worst criminals,\u201d that it should be easy for a warrant to be obtained in the wake of the crime they have committed.<\/p>\n Solomon brought it full circle back to the topic of affordability and finances, underscoring that billions of dollars are being spent on this be the federal government.<\/p>\n He contrasted the vast ICE budget ballooned by the Trump Administration with the lack of action on making healthcare or housing more affordable.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have an affordability crisis in the city, in the state, and in this country. Instead, we have a distraction where we are literally rounding up people on their way to work, who have lived in our community for 15, 20 years raising their families,\u201d Solomon declared.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is wild that the President is devoting his time to going after hardworking people and not making life more affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n Solomon was then question on ICE ignoring Solomon\u2019s executive order by staging their operations in the Heights in Pershing Field and West Side Park, underscoring that people want the JCPD to protect residents from ICE and questioned if they should intervene if they witness a detention by masked operatives.<\/p>\n In response, the Jersey City mayor said his administration is working closely with Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose and Chief Robert Kearns on appropriate guidance to give to JCPD to navigate \u201cthe horrors that this ICE operation provides.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are going to give our officers guidance on how we expect them to handle it. In the executive order, we actually call specifically for training our officers on de-escalation training with federal agents \u2026 to avoid situations in which our officers may be hurt or injured,\u201d stated Solomon.<\/p>\n According to Solomon, NJ Transit and Port Authority police are responsible in situations at light rail or PATH stations due to jurisdiction, but the JCPD is patrolling streets with a high concentration of bus stops, including: Central Avenue, West Side Avenue, Columbus Drive, and Newark Avenue, among others.<\/p>\n He remarked that the federal immigration enforcement actions in Jersey City have damaged trust between the community and local law enforcement.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want local people to trust them [local police]: ICE is basically destroying any form of trust that would have been built from our community as law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n