Gov. Phil Murphy is facing backlash after comments he made where he seemed to suggest that he would allow a non-citizen to live in his home.

The governor made the comments in an interview with Blue Wave New Jersey, which was posted on his office’s YouTube channel on Feb. 1.

“There’s someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to, and we said, you know what? Let’s have her live at our house above our garage and good luck to the feds trying to come in to try to get her,” Murphy said.

The comments come on the heels of President Donald Trump’s executive orders cracking down on illegal immigration. Those orders resulted in a sweep of Immigration Customs Enforcement raids in several major cities, including Newark and Paterson.

Murphy has been criticized for his comments. Republican state Assemblyman Erik Peterson slammed the governor for “housing an illegal migrant.”

“The governor thinks he’s above the law,” Peterson wrote in a statement. “Instead of enforcing our duly enacted laws, he’s breaking them and telling others to do the same. It’s outrageous.”

While the governor's office declined to comment, a person familiar with the situation told News12 that the remarks were misinterpreted and that the woman, who is a legal resident, has never actually lived at his residence.

Knowingly harboring an undocumented immigrant is a crime, according to federal law. Penalties range from fines to prison time.