On - topic questions included the timing of the effectiveness of the laws signed today and when ICE will close it's office on Rikers Island, how many people currently on Rikers Island will be covered by these laws, details of Carlos Rodriguez (who was held on Rikers Island for eight months on an ICE detainer) path to this country and his thoughts during his eight month
detention, what Mayor de Blasio would like to see the federal government do about
immigration and what he will do absent such action, what he would tell Republicans who think his approach is a dangerous precedent, de Blasio and Melissa Mark - Viverito's positions on municipal IDs and voting rights for non-citizens, the number of people arrested on misdemeanors and then subject to ICE detainers and whether persons arrested on felony charges must first go
through the justice system before being subject to an ICE detainer.
Charkaoui v. Canada (Citizenship and
Immigration) was a security certificate
detention appeal that had been working its way
through the legal system since 1992 and was decided in the appellants» favour.
From the challenges that face a person with a disability seeking independent living,
through to
immigration detention policy, the promotion of human rights must address both individual need and systemic change.