GOVERNOR CORZINE ORDERS EXPANSION OF ADVISORY PANEL ON IMMIGRANT POLICY

TRENTON –Governor Jon S. Corzine today signed the following Executive Order expanding the membership of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy.

The full text of the executive order is below.

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 91

WHEREAS, on April 6, 2007, the State of New Jersey established the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy (hereinafter referred to as "Advisory Panel") by Executive Order No. 78 (2007) to develop recommendations for a comprehensive and strategic statewide approach to successfully integrating New Jersey’s rapidly growing immigrant population into the life of this State; and

WHEREAS, the Advisory Panel’s deliberations would benefit from the designation of eight additional members;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JON S. CORZINE, Governor of the State of New Jersey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:

1.            The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy (“Advisory Panel”) shall continue in existence as provided in Executive Order No. 78.

2.            The membership of the Advisory Panel shall be modified to consist of thirty-five (35) members of whom twenty-six (26) shall be public members appointed by the Governor.  The 26 public members 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.

3.            All other provisions of Executive Order No. 78 which are not inconsistent with this Order shall remain in full force and effect.

4.            This Order shall take effect immediately.

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