New York City is a sanctuary city, meaning that the NYPD and other public agencies do not inquire about a person's legal status during normal interactions, and do not
honor federal requests that it detain nonviolent offenders.
Earlier this year, Texas passed a law banning jurisdictions that refuse to
honor federal requests to detain immigrants.
In March, the Trump administration started releasing reports publicly naming counties that refused to
honor federal requests to detain people who were suspected of being unauthorized immigrants.
Not exact matches
For years, it required a judge's order to do that but now, its sheriff, Vincent Demarco, says they will
honor those
requests from the
federal government without a judge's order.
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.
Under the liberal Democratic mayor, the city booted Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from Rikers Island and has only
honored the
federal agency's
requests it detain a suspect if that person has committed one of 170 violent felony offenses.
The NYPD and city Department of Corrections already refuse to
honor most
federal requests to keep individuals lacking proper paperwork in their custody.
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.
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.
Schneiderman said local law enforcement should
honor requests by
federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officials to detain someone only in limited circumstances, such as when there is a signed judicial warrant.
Under the new legislation, which Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he supports, the city will
honor immigration waivers if the
federal government
requests them with a judge's warrant — and even then, only if the subject of the warrant was convicted within the last five years of a violent or serious crime, or is a possible match on the terrorism watch list.
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.
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