Four months after masked federal agents shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis, New York leaders announced a plan to implement some of the strictest rules for immigration officials of any state in the country.
The package, which was included in the state budget deal announced on Thursday, prohibits state and local officials from entering into formal or informal cooperation agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and bars law enforcement agents from wearing masks.
The rules also prohibit ICE from using local jails to house detainees and from searching New Yorkers’ homes, hospitals, churches and schools without a warrant signed by a judge.
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Democrats expect many of the measures — including a new provision that would allow the families of those who have had their constitutional rights to life, liberty or property violated by government agents to seek retribution — to be challenged in court.
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Many Democratic lawmakers had wanted a more sweeping package that would have banned all communication between state officials, including law enforcement, and the federal government.
But Ms. Hochul insisted that local police should be able to work with ICE to remove undocumented immigrants they believed were dangerous.
The issue split not only Democrats but also prosecutors and law enforcement agencies, some of whom wanted to be able to move quickly to deport people, and others who argued that New York crimes should be adjudicated in New York courts.
At one point, lawmakers were considering a complex system in which communication with ICE was allowed only with regard to certain serious crimes, and was banned in the case of less serious ones. In the end, the debate fell out of budget talks.
Instead, the new package bans 287(g) agreements and prohibits state and local employees other than law enforcement from sharing information with immigration officials.
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