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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.

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.

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The legislation would bolster what the council did in 2014, when it passed rules booting immigration agents from its outpost on Rikers Island, New York City's main jail complex, and restricted the city's cooperation with the federal government.

As of press time, two Republicans lawmakers, David Gelfarb, of Rye Brook, and Jim Maisano, of New Rochelle, support the legislation, which would prohibit law enforcement officials from honoring requests made by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents, which do not give rise to reasonable grounds for detaining individuals.

Among other provisions, the county measure calls for county employees to not stop, question, interrogate or arrest individuals «solely for the purpose of enforcing immigration law»; to not perform the functions of a federal immigration officer; to honor detainer requests from federal agents only in specific limited situations; and to deny federal agents access to inmates in county custody.

The former surrogate for Hillary Clinton will propose new laws barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from public schools, social service offices and personnel areas of city buildings, except when the federal authorities have a warrant.

Among other provisions, the measure calls for county employees to not stop, question, interrogate or arrest individuals «solely for the purpose of enforcing immigration law»; to not perform the functions of a federal immigration officer; to honor detainer requests from federal agents only in specific limited situations; and to deny federal agents access to inmates in county custody.

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The new legislation, in addition to piggybacking the current policy, would also prevent law enforcement officials from honoring requests made by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Customs and Border Protection, which do not give rise to probable cause.

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.

The federal class action against the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and several U.S. Border Patrol agents claims that the agents have harassed students and a school secretary and brandished a pistol at a football coach from Bowie High School.