Anne Milgram

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name = Anne Milgram
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order = New Jersey Attorney General
term_start = June 29, 2007
term_end = "Present"
predecessor = Stuart Rabner
successor = "Incumbent"
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birth_place = East Brunswick Township, New Jersey
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Anne Milgram has been the Attorney General of New Jersey since June 2007.

Milgram had served as First Assistant Attorney General, the second-highest position in the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, having taken office on February 14, 2006. She served as Acting Attorney General in September 2006 while there was a vacancy after the previous Attorney General had stepped down from office and before the Governor's nominee was confirmed and sworn into office. She was nominated and confirmed as Attorney General in June 2007.

Acting Attorney General

Milgram became Acting Attorney General on September 1, 2006, following the resignation of former Attorney General Zulima Farber. [ [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17082083&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523589&rfi=6 Farber resigns as attorney general: Independent report cites ethics violations in boyfriend's traffic stop] , "North Bergen Reporter", August 20, 2006] On September 25, 2006, Stuart Rabner, Corzine's choice to fill the vacancy, was confirmed by a 35–0 margin by the New Jersey Senate [ [http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060926/NEWS01/609260365/1006 Rabner confirmed as attorney general] , "The Courier-Post, September 26, 2006] .

Milgram had been mentioned as a potential attorney general nominee for Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine. However, Rabner, then the Governor's Chief Counsel, was nominated by Governor Corzine on August 24, 2006, to replace Farber as Attorney General [ [http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060824/NEWS01/60824030/1004/LIVING Corzine names Rabner attorney general] "The Courier-Post, August 24, 2006] . Milgram served as Acting Attorney General on an interim basis until Rabner was confirmed and sworn in to succeed Farber.

Attorney General

On June 4, 2007, Governor Corzine nominated Stuart Rabner to serve as as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, and nominated Milgram to succeed Rabner as Attorney General. [http://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/approved/20070604.html "Corzine Nominates New Chief Justice and Attorney General"] , Governor of New Jersey press release dated June 4, 2007. Accessed June 22, 2007.] At the conclusion of confirmation hearings, the Senate voted on June 21, 2007, to confirm Rabner as Chief Justice. Milgram was confirmed by a 37–1 Senate vote to succeed Rabner as Attorney General. [Jones, Richard G. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/nyregion/22confirm.html "After One Objection, Senate Confirms Corzine’s Choice for Chief Justice"] , "The New York Times", June 22, 2007. Accessed June 22, 2007. "The Senate voted 36 to 1 to confirm Stuart Rabner, who has been attorney general since September 2006 and was Mr. Corzine’s chief counsel before that. It also confirmed Anne Milgram, Mr. Rabner’s first assistant, to succeed Mr. Rabner as attorney general."]

Intergovernmental cooperation

Attorney General Milgram has expanded officer's powers regarding illegal immigrants. She told the New Jersey State Police to inform federal authorities when an illegal immigrant is arrested in an indictable crime or for drunk driving. On August 22, 2007, in the wake of a triple-murder in Newark in which previously-arrested illegal immigrants may have been involved, she said that she wanted local, county and state police to hand more serious cases directly to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). [Baldwin, Tom. [http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/NEWS01/708230422/1006/news01 "State AG broadens officers' power over illegal immigrants"] "Gannett New Jersey", August 23, 2007.] The attempt to have local law enforcement officials coordinate with federal authorities is consistent with Section 287(g) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. [ [http://www.ice.gov/partners/287g/Section287_g.htm "Partners: Law Enforcement"] , "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement" 1996 ] [James Jay Carafano, [http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/em994.cfm "Section 287(g) Is the Right Answer for State and Local Immigration Enforcement"] , Heritage Foundation, March 2, 2006.]

The number of illegal immigrants referred to federal authorities jumped dramatically, in the months after Milgram's order. From September 2007 to February 2008, New Jersey law enforcement entities reported 8,874 illegal immigrants to the ICE center in Vermont. This contrasted with the 4,589 period for the same months a year earlier. [Fahim, Kareem [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/nyregion/23immig.html "Immigration Referrals by Police Draw Scrutiny"] , "The New York Times", March 23, 2008> Accessed September 23, 2008.]

Career

Milgram grew up in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey.

Milgram, member of the Cap and Skull Senior Honor Society, graduated "summa cum laude" from Rutgers College in 1992 with a degree in English and Political Science. She received a master of philosophy in social and political theory in 1993 from the University of Cambridge and received her J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1996.

She clerked for United States District Court Judge Anne E. Thompson in Trenton, from 1996 to 1997.

In 1997, Milgram began her career as an assistant district attorney in the New York County District Attorney's as a member of the Domestic Violence Unit. Milgram later worked in the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, where she served as Special Litigation Counsel. Milgram helped to lead the division's human trafficking prosecutions. Milgram was counsel to Jon Corzine during his final year in the United States Senate. [http://nj.gov/lps/oag/oag_milgram.html Official bio] , New Jersey Attorney General. Accessed September 23, 2008.]

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External links

* [http://nj.gov/lps/oag/oag_milgram.html Official bio]