City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito highlighted the resolution she co-sponsored reaffirming New York «s status as a sanctuary city, which refuses to
comply with federal immigration officials except to remove violent offenders.
The Assembly backs the Dream Act, which would extend financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children; the Senate opposes the idea and instead wants to crack down on local governments that refuse to fully cooperate
with federal immigration officials.
The mayors of American cities large and small reacted with outrage to Trump's executive order pledging to halt funding to «sanctuary city» municipalities that did not cooperate
with federal immigration officials.
In her final State of the City address this afternoon, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito will lay out plans to strengthen New York's so - called «sanctuary city» policies — even as President Donald Trump moves to penalize municipalities that fail to cooperate
with federal immigration officials.
All three candidates said they would keep Syracuse a sanctuary city, limiting the police department's cooperation
with federal immigration officials.