(NOTE Some Panel members are already on the government payroll. Others will probably collect government funds for meeting expenses, etc.)
NEWS RELEASE The New Jersey Advisory Panel will consist of 27 members. The Governor will appoint 18 public members from various arenas. There will be two legislatives members, one each from the African-American and Latino legislative caucuses. There will be seven Commissioners or their designees who will serve as ex-officio members. The lawmaker members are Sen. Ron Rice and Assm. Joe Vas. The chairman will be the public advocate, Ronald Chen.
EXECUTIVE ORDER: 'The Attorney General, the Commissioners of Children and Families, Education, Health and Senior Services, Human Service , and Labor and Workforce Development, and the Public Advocate or their designees shall serve as ex-officio members of the Advisory Panel.'
The public members -- who according to the executive order 'shall be broadly representative of the following subjects and constituencies: civil rights, commerce, community-based organizations, education, faith-based organizations, immigration advocacy, labor, and service providers' are:
Janice Fine, Ph.D (Roosevelt, Monmouth County)
Mayor Michael J. Wildes, Esq. (Englewood, Bergen County)
Elsie Foster-Dublin (Highland Park, Middlesex County)
Albert L. Gutierrez, CHE, MBA, R.T. (Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County)
Joseph S. Colalillo (Stockton, Hunterdon County)
Charles Goldstein, Esq. (Edison, Middlesex County)
Martin Perez, Esq. (New Brunswick, Middlesex County)
Samer E. Khalaf (Paramus, Bergen County)
Monsignor William Reilly (Garfield, Bergen County)
Nina M. Stack (Lambertville, Hunterdon County)
Gulshan Chhabra (Watchung, Somerset County)
Undersheriff Ralph Rivera, Jr. (Ridgefield Park, Bergen County)
David McCann (Montclair, Essex County)
Christian Estevez (Plainfield, Union County)
Nelson Carrasquillo (Clayton, Gloucester County)
Elsa Candelario, L.C.S.W., M.S.W. (Mount Laurel, Burlington County)
Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, Ph.D., P.E., P.P. (West Windsor, Mercer County)
Juan Cartagena, Esq. (Jersey City, Hudson County)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1605287/posts
Huge Throng of Illegal Immigrants in NJ Wait Word on New Laws
See post 1 for:
New Jersey Immigration Policy Network
Anyone else here note the beautiful ethnic diversity of the panelists? Anyone else wonder at the stated purpose of the panel: “looking after the human rights and civil rights of each and every immigrant.”? Shouldn’t the issue be “figuring out why our state is overrun by illegal aliens who are overwhelming our schools, hospitals, jails, and welfare programs”?