As Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill vie to become New Jersey’s next governor, Ciattarelli has used countless public appearances to tout how he’d shift a controversial state immigration policy — while Sherrill has declined to weigh in.

Ciattarelli has said if he is elected governor in November, he’ll move on “day one” to rescind the state order that provides sanctuary to undocumented immigrants, the Immigrant Trust Directive. The order from the state attorney general, which dates to 2018, restricts when state and local law enforcement can assist federal immigrant agents and from asking someone’s citizenship status if it’s not related to an investigation.

“Executive order No. 1 is ‘no sanctuary cities,’ and we will not be a sanctuary state,” he said at an event in El

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