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Immigration
raid fears
growing
around N.J.

WAR OF

WORDS

KAREN YI @KAREN_YI

Battle lines continue to be drawn

among Christie-Obama-Trump

WERE ALREADY IN
WORLD WAR III.
GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE, DEC. 16 GOP DEBATE

BUT AS WE FOCUS ON DESTROYING ISIL,

OVER-THE-TOP CLAIMS

THAT THIS IS
WORLD WAR III
JUST PLAY INTO THEIR HANDS.

As word that immigration authorities have been intensifying enforcement efforts in New Jersey ripples
across the state, federal officials say it has been business as usual and no raids are taking place in the Garden State.
The assurances from federal officials have done
little to quell fears in immigrant communities after at
least two young men were detained following reported searches in homes in Freehold and New Brunswick
last week. Both families said immigration officials entered their homes without permission.
It sounds like they are ramping up enforcement,
said Chia-Chia Wang, an organizer with American
Friends Service Committee, an immigrant advocacy
group. We believe that these are regular, ongoing
raids.
Alvin Phillips, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, was emphatic that agents
were not participating in any raids; he characterized
the ICE activity as regular enforcement actions
against specific persons, rather than random roundups of undocumented immigrants.
Were not doing anything that we were not doing in
December, said Phillips. Weve done absolutely
nothing differently. We must enforce the law. Our borders are not open to illegal immigration, if you come
See ICE, Page 6A

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA,

STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TUESDAY

WE NEED TO REJECT ANY POLITICS

THAT TARGETS PEOPLE BECAUSE OF

RACE OR

RELIGION.

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Time to pack
your bags

OBAMA, DURING HIS STATE OF THE UNION

THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH WAS ONE OF THE

MOST BORING, RAMBLING,

NON-SUBSTANTIVE

I HEARD IN A LONG TIME.

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GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP ON TWITTER

was the view of some political observers Wednesday, in the aftermath of

Wrong-way driver
travels 11 miles
on Parkway: cops

the Democratic presidents State of the Union address, which was part

STEPH SOLIS @STEPHMSOLIS

valedictory and part thinly veiled drubbing of the GOP field of candi-

A police pursuit of a driver who reportedly drove at

high speeds for 11 miles on the wrong side of the Garden State Parkway ended without injury early
Wednesday morning.
The drama started, the State Police said, when
troopers spotted a 1999 Ford pickup truck heading
north on the Parkway in the southbound lanes.
The pickup truck eventually ended up on the right
side of the highway and miraculously didnt crash
into anything but only after the driver had eluded
police in the high-speed, 40-minute chase across
Ocean and Monmouth counties, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Flynn said.
William Errico, 36, of Penndel, Pennsylvania, is accused of zigzagging through local and state roads before returning to the Parkway, where he was stranded
as troopers closed in. He was arrested on charges he
eluded troopers, as well as police from Toms River,
Lakewood, Seaside Park and Wall, before his capture
near mile marker 96.4 in Wall.
Errico also was charged with driving while intoxicated, possession of a controlled dangerous substance

BOB JORDAN @BOBJORDANAPP

TRENTON - Just weeks before the presidential nominating process is

set to begin, the Republican presidential hopefuls, chief among them
Gov. Chris Christie, have been gifted with an unexpected boost from
none other than their chief nemesis, President Barack Obama. h That

dates. h Without naming names, Obama scolded the Republicans for

what he framed as their hawkish views, fear-mongering and sowing disSee WORDS, Page 4A

INSIDE
Fact-checking six claims from Christies State of the State. STORY, 9A
ROBERT COHN/ASBURY PARK DESIGN STUDIO ILLUSTRATION

Unrelenting slide in oil prices

is rippling to the broader
economy. STORY, 1B

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