New Jersey state police took to social media Sunday to debunk rumors of a supposed conspiracy tied to President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration.
Troopers posted a message to address photos that appeared to show a trooper on a bus writing down passenger information as part of an immigration checkpoint.
An Instagram user shared the pictures with a caption that attempted to link the photos to the president's executive orders on immigration, including an increase in efforts to deport undocumented immigrants and a temporary block on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.
[NATL] Trump Immigration Order Triggers Protests Across US
State police said it was not an immigration checkpoint and that the trooper was not “checking papers.”
Instead, the trooper was simply taking down information for a crash report, which is standard practice.
