Police Cracks Down on Out-of-State Plates

Newark-On the morning of Thursday the 24th, the Brazilian immigrant Jordane Martins da Silva, 32, from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais was stopped and arrested by police officers at 10 a.m. Jordane was driving to work in his Ford explorer with Massachustts plates.

            The officers were undercover in an undercover vehicle as well. Jordane was at first stopped and asked for his doccuments. He was than transferred to the Immigration Customer Enforcement and is under arrest waiting to be deported to his homeland of Brazil.

            On Friday the 25, our staff went to the detention center and visited Jordane and others. The officers used the same method of waiting for out of state licence plates to stop and card illegal aliens. Claudio Tonini, was visiting a man by the name of Wagner from Governador Valadares which was also arrested by the same methods. There are also some Portuguese men at the detention center. Brazilian ailiens use loopholes in other state laws to drive, because many times it is essential to work.

            New Jersey law does not allow for undoccumented ailiens to receive driever's licences. It is important to remember that many cars especially in the Newark area use out-of-state plates and the Newark Police Department has been cracking down those cars. They are no longer tolerating.

TRENTON -- Gov. Jon Corzine has signed a measure that puts safety above the law when it comes to underage drinking in New Jersey.

The legislation grants immunity to those under 21 who have been drinking if they call police when another teen drinks too much and needs medical help. Police would not be able to prosecute either the person who called or the one sickened by alcohol.

The immunity can extend up to three people, provided they act in concert, give their names to law enforcement, remain at the scene until medical help arrives and were the first to report the incident.

It cannot be retroactively applied.

The Senate and Assembly approved the measure in July. Proponents say it will help save lives, since teens would not be scared to call for help.