Ciattarelli vows to end New Jersey’s sanctuary policies on day one if elected governor

At a televised town hall with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday, the New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli has announced which far-left policies he will eliminate first if he is elected governor.

Just five days before Election DayCiattarelli trails his Democratic opponent, Rep. Micah Sherrill, by seven points in deep blue New Jersey. However, speaking with Hannity in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, Ciattarelli argued that his campaign has the momentum to upset Sherrill and flip the state red.

If he wins the race, Ciattarelli told Hannity his top priority would be overturning New Jersey's sanctuary policies, keeping local and state officials from cooperating with federal immigration officials.

“Decree number one, from day one, no city in this state will city ​​of refugewe will not be a sanctuary state,” Ciattarelli said as the crowd of New Jersey locals erupted into applause.

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“Here's the good news,” he continued. “Many things that [current Democratic Gov. Phil] Murphy did this by order of the President. They have not been codified by the legislature, which means I can repeal them on day one.”

“Having sanctuary cities and being a sanctuary state encourages illegal immigration and constrains our local police in certain ways; we don't do that. I'm going to change that on day one,” he said, adding: “If the local police chief and the mayor want to work together to keep our community safe while working with a federal agency, I'm not going to stand in the way.”

Ciattarelli also said he would prioritize eliminating no-cash bail, saying the policy “has created a career criminal who has learned to game the system.”

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“Talk to local cops and they'll tell you about this dynamic, known as 'arrest, release, repeat,' it demoralizes cops,” he explained.

Even though Ciattarelli had already run unsuccessfully twice for governor of New Jersey, he told Hannity that early voting results put him in “a really good position to win.”

During the town hall, he also hit out at Cheryl for refusing to release her military records regarding the disciplinary action she suffered for her role in the U.S. Naval Academy cheating scandal. Cheryl maintained that she did not cheat, but was not allowed to hang out with her graduating class due to her refusal to provide information about those who cheated.

“All she has to do is approve the release of her disciplinary records and we will know why she was punished. And if what she says is true, her disciplinary records will confirm it, but she will not release them,” he said, adding: “There is a pattern here.”

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He also criticized Cheryl because of her support from a socialist candidate from New York. Zoran Mamdani.

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“We encouraged her to withdraw that endorsement, but she didn’t,” he said, as Hannity noted, “just as she would be the most transparent but would never give up her Navy records.”

Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser and Dana Blanton contributed to this report.