But a source familiar with the situation said Gov. Phil Murphy's comments were misinterpreted and no one lived in the house.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy revealed during an interview Saturday with "Blue Wave New Jersey," a progressive grassroots organization, that he is housing an immigrant with questionable legal status at his home and basically dared the Trump administration to "come in to try to get her.

Phil Murphy’s suggestion that he might harbor an immigrant at his home and daring the federal government to come get her handed an easy talking point to the Democrat’s foes looking to replace him and generated two days of headlines as the Trump administration tries to start mass deportations.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is facing controversy after suggesting he was housing an immigrant, whose immigration status was unclear. "I don’t want to get into too much detail, but there’s someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point they are trying to get it to,

Phil Murphy suggested that he had provided shelter to a female illegal immigrant in his home, and even taunted the Trump administration “to try to get her.”