"New York Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced legislation last week that would ban police departments from formally collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Her announcement comes as the nation's eyes remain on Minneapolis, where federal immigration agents fatally shot Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti. Multiple states and localities have been looking for ways to restrict ICE after the shootings. Hochul says that even though New York City is a sanctuary city, policing agencies in other areas of the state have "become basically deputized ICE agents.""
"She recalls a young boy's story of local law enforcement taking his father away and handing him over to ICE. This is one instance the governor mentions in which police officers have been weaponized against their own communities. In an interview with Morning Edition, Hochul said that while fewer than 10 of the state's 62 counties cooperate with ICE at any level, it shouldn't be happening at all. Hochul calls ICE "A rogue agency out of control.""
"She added that the proposal of the state legislation is happening during a "moment in history where we'll be judged by whether we stood up or we cowered to power.""
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced legislation to ban police departments from formally collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The proposal responds to recent fatal shootings by federal immigration agents and growing efforts by states and localities to restrict ICE. Examples include local officers handing people over to ICE and instances of police being described as weaponized against their communities. Fewer than 10 of New York's 62 counties currently cooperate with ICE at any level. The legislation characterizes ICE as a rogue agency and frames the change as a test of standing up to power.
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