O'Connor told those in attendance he supported a bill by state Sen. Tom Croci (R - Sayville) that would cut funding to local governments that don't fully cooperate
with federal immigration authorities in deportation proceedings.
«We recommend that these bills remain consistent with recent approaches taken by the City Council and this administration, which has been to
work with federal immigration authorities in limited circumstances where there are risks to public safety, while otherwise prioritizing remaining an accessible city,» she said.
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito vowed to further restrict the city's cooperation
with federal immigration authorities under President Donald Trump, delivering a full - throated defense of immigrant communities in her fourth and final state of the city address.
The 45 - minute debate centered on Corcoran's $ 1.4 million television ad that portraying immigrants who entered the country illegally as a danger to Floridians and HB 9, a proposal that threatens local officials who do not fully
comply with federal immigration authorities with removal from office and fines.
The Saturday Town Hall — which residents said reached capacity with a «crowd around the block» — also addressed locals» concerns with immigration, President Donald Trump's refugee travel ban, changes to the affordable care act, and preserving Sanctuary Cities, which refuse to cooperate
with federal immigration authorities over deportations.
The NYPD denied collaborating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a rally for an immigrant activist detained by ICE last month, even as New York City Council members insisted the police department was
working with federal immigration authorities that day.
Westchester County Executive George Latimer signed a bill that offers protections to people who immigrated or stayed in the country illegally by limiting information the county will
share with federal immigration authorities.
Policies differ from city to city, but New York allows undocumented immigrants to use social services without having to disclose their legal status and does not generally cooperate
with federal immigration authorities in their deportation efforts.
They have both condemned Trump for «sensationalizing» Steinle's death to advance anti-immigration policies, and expressed frustration with San Francisco officials, who they believe went too far in refusing to cooperate
with federal immigration authorities.
The California state senate passed a «sanctuary state» bill to limit state and local police cooperation
with federal immigration authorities.
De Blasio is splitting with NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito over her efforts to further rein in the amount the city cooperates
with federal immigration authorities.
Mayor Steve Noble, who backed the law, said that city would also rely on guidance from state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who issued a legal opinion last year illustrating how municipalities could lawfully limit cooperation
with federal immigration authorities.
A bill penalizing cities that don't cooperate
with federal immigration authorities is heading to the Assembly.
The resolution was submitted earlier this month by Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, shortly after President Donald Trump threatened to defund municipalities that did not cooperate
with federal immigration authorities.
New York is one of a group of cities that limits cooperation
with federal immigration authorities, but that has not stopped the number of deportations from climbing.
Rensselaer County Sheriff Patrick A. Russo says he agreed to work
with federal immigration authorities «to make the county safer.»
That seemed to constitute Mr. de Blasio's only certainty about how the Trump administration would affect the city's finances, although he also predicted tumult in health care funding and expressed confidence that the city would withstand Mr. Trump's threat to strip billions in federal funding from the city over its refusal to cooperate
with federal immigration authorities.
The mayor fiercely defended his administration's refusal to cooperate
with federal immigration authorities in the majority of cases a day after Trump vowed to crack down on so - called «sanctuary cities.»
Mayor Bill de Blasio has vowed that New York City will remain a sanctuary city — so called because NYC allows undocumented immigrants access to social services without having to reveal their status and refuses to cooperate
with federal immigration authorities in deportation efforts.
Trump vowed last month to cut off federal funding to «sanctuary» cities like New York if local enforcement allow undocumented immigrants access to social services without having to reveal their status, or otherwise refuse to cooperate
with federal immigration authorities.
Sanctuary cities are jurisdictions where cooperation
with federal immigration authorities is limited.
Over the past six months, Commisso has tacked to both the right and left of the mayor, blasting her economic development policies as «corporatist» and «neoliberal» but also appearing more willing to comply
with federal immigration authorities and possibly court conservative voters.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito recently said the city would reduce its cooperation
with federal immigration authorities.
The mayor is splitting from the City Council speaker over her efforts to further rein in the amount the city cooperates
with federal immigration authorities.
The Sessions announcement largely mirrors an Obama administration policy announced in February 2016 to withhold funds from cities that wouldn't cooperate
with federal immigration authorities.
towards restricting local police cooperation
with federal immigration authorities.