Just weeks into her appointment as interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba said she has launched an investigation into the state’s top Democratic officials for not cooperating with federal officials on immigration enforcement. In an interview Thursday on Fox News, Habba said she told her office to investigate New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew Platkin over a 2018 directive that prevents state officers from detaining individuals solely due to questions about their immigration or citizenship status or from participating in federal immigration operations.

Alina Habba , the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, is investigating state Governor Phil Murphy for allegedly setting a statewide policy to limit cooperation with President Donald Trump ’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

Habba, the interim US attorney, said Thursday night on Fox News that she was targeting Murphy and his attorney general, Matthew Platkin , for impeding the president’s planned deportations.

Alina Habba, the acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, is opening an investigation into the state’s governor and attorney general for how they are handing the immigration issue. Habba talked about her investigation appeared on “Hannity” on Fox News Thursday. She singled out Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matt Platkinover for opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics, per Mediaite.

The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey says she has launched an investigation into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and state Attorney General Matt Platkin over the state’s directive to local law enforcement not to cooperate with federal agents conducting immigration enforcement. Alina Habba, appointed last month by President Donald Trump as the interim U.S. attorney for the state, announced the investigation on Thursday evening on Fox News. “I want it to be a warning for everybody that I have instructed my office today to open an investigation into Governor Murphy,...