Sentences with phrase «federal immigration agents»
The term "Federal Immigration Agents" refers to officials who are responsible for enforcing and administering federal laws related to immigration, customs, and border control. Full definition
She promised new legislation that would deny federal immigration agents without warrants access to city schools, social service offices and sections of city buildings not open to the public.
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The union representing New York court officers has advised members to cooperate with federal immigration agents amid an ongoing debate about ICE's presence in city courthouses.
The legislation will also require county authorities to ignore detainer requests from federal immigration agents for individuals being held at Westchester County Jail, unless the requests are accompanied by a judicial warrant.
While the Governor pledged his renewed support for a state Dream Act and for protecting New York's DACA recipients, he neglected to call for increased protections against federal immigration agents in courthouses, hospitals, and our communities,» said Choi in a statement.
The union representing court officers has advised members to cooperate with federal immigration agents amid an ongoing debate about ICE's presence in city courthouses.
The law, which attempted to force city police to help federal immigration agents, would have gone into effect Friday — as the state struggles to recover from Hurricane Harvey.
Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Joe Crowley say federal immigration agents appear to be «targeting» a number of «immigrant rights leaders across the United States,» and demanded a sit - down with agency brass about «the rash of enforcement actions.»
U.S. federal immigration agents arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in at least four states this week in what officials on Friday called routine enforcement actions.
The month of October saw 25 undocumented workers at three Mexican restaurants in Erie County rounded up by federal immigration agents.
The American Medical Association (AMA) is opposing the presence of federal immigration agents in hospitals and clinics.
A video posted to Facebook on Tuesday showed a man ranting in a Midtown restaurant, threatening to call federal immigration agents on workers and complaining that they were speaking Spanish.
«The Trump administration does not have the authority to unilaterally transform state and local police into federal immigration agents — and they can not punish a locality simply because it won't comply,» said Attorney General Schneiderman.
Ms. Mark - Viverito, a Democrat, also said the City Council would pass legislation over the next year to block federal immigration agents from entering «private areas on city property and offices where New Yorkers receive social services» without a warrant or a court order.
Driver's statement comes on the heels of an announcement from Chicago Public Schools, where leadership has instructed its principals not to let federal immigration agents inside district buildings without a criminal warrant.
Several of the largest school systems in Southern California, including ones serving students in Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Long Beach, Riverside and San Bernardino, have passed resolutions limiting cooperation with federal immigration agents.
CITY HALL — The court system's administrative office and its chief judge need to act swiftly — and be more bold — in establishing a plan to protect New Yorkers from courthouse interference from federal immigration agents, elected officials and activists said Thursday.
In Oakland, California, at least four were arrested after creating a human chain to block a county building where demonstrators demanded that county law enforcement refuse to collaborate with federal immigration agents.
Trump and Sessions have also pledged to crack down on «sanctuary cities» — typically localities that limit how local authorities can work with federal immigration agents — as a way of getting at drug traffickers and gangs.
West Palm Beach was among 23 jurisdictions targeted Wednesday in a Justice Department letter demanding local officials prove they are cooperating with federal immigration agents.
«Queens Schools are to be Off - Limits to Federal Immigration Agents» QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about federal immigration agents showing up last Thursday at P.S. 58 in Maspeth and seeking a fourth - grader: «As a mother, I am deeply troubled and horrified at this attempt on the -LSB-...]
Federal immigration agents have arrested at least 31 people inside courthouses across NYC since February, official court statistics show.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ramping up raids in sanctuary cities to pressure them to comply with federal immigration agents, CNN reported in March.
Queens schools are to be off - limits to federal immigration agents.»
Mayor Bill de Blasio's office revealed over social media that he will meet today with Gen. John Kelly, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, after a federal immigration agent visited a Queens elementary school late last week seeking to speak with a fourth - grader.
In the case, filed last year in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the clinic argued it's unconstitutional to withhold federal funds from cities that limit local law - enforcement cooperation with federal immigration agents.