The chapter’s key priorities include:

  • Opposing Harmful Offshore Wind Projects: Fighting to protect New Jersey’s coastline, economy, and communities from foreign-owned wind farms that threaten local industries and natural resources.
  • Economic Freedom: Cutting taxes and reducing regulations to empower families and small businesses.
  • Good Governance: Increasing transparency to eliminate corruption in state government.
  • Strengthening Public Safety and Education: Advancing policies that support law enforcement, secure communities, and give parents a stronger voice in their children’s education.

Team

Michael John Donohue

Chair of AFPI-New Jersey

Matthew T. Rooney

Executive Director of AFPI-New Jersey

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News Release | February 4, 2025

New Jersey’s Conservative Shift, Opening Gubernatorial Debate Attract Washington Attention

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ—As Garden State voter attention turns to November’s gubenatorial race, local and national policy leaders are taking notice—and showing up. Against the backdrop of tonight’s Republican gubernatorial debate at Rider University, the state has a new infusion of attention and resources from one of one nation’s leading think tanks.
Fact Sheet | January 27, 2025

Combating the Impacts of Illegal Immigration in New Jersey

Illegal alien and narcotic trafficking networks often exploit wire transfer services to move money abroad, taking advantage of their less stringent oversight compared to banks. New Jersey could counter this by implementing a fee on international wire transfers.

Fact Sheet | January 27, 2025

Ensuring a Legal Workforce in New Jersey

The ability to obtain a job in the U.S. is one of the primary drivers of illegal immigration. Millions of illegal aliens currently work in the U.S. because the existing paper-based Form I-9 verification process is easy to exploit, and human resources personnel are not experts in detecting forged documents. As a result, wages and job opportunities for many Americans are harmed.
Fact Sheet | January 23, 2025

Chinese Communist Party Land Ownership is a Threat to New Jersey’s Critical Infrastructure

Critical infrastructure is any asset that, if incapacitated, would have a debilitating effect on national security, economic security, or public health. Examples include gas and oil pipelines, electrical power grids, military installations, telecommunications facilities, and public transportation systems.
News Release | January 23, 2025

AFPI-New Jersey Celebrates President Trump’s Termination of Offshore Wind Projects

Trenton, N.J. – Today, the America First Policy Institute’s New Jersey chapter (AFPI-NJ) praised President Trump’s executive order calling for a “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects.”

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