THIS IS HUGE: Gov. Kathy Hochul just put a major new restriction on Trump’s immigration crackdown into effect, banning local law enforcement agencies across New York from cooperating with ICE on civil immigration enforcement.

 

Gov. Kathy Hochul just put a major new restriction on Trump’s immigration crackdown into effect, banning local law enforcement agencies across New York from cooperating with ICE on civil immigration enforcement.

The new law requires police departments and other local agencies statewide to end their 287(g) agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Those agreements allow local officers to perform certain immigration-enforcement functions on ICE’s behalf.

Not anymore.

The law also bars state and local facilities from being used to detain people for federal civil immigration enforcement.

Hochul made her position crystal clear as the deadline approached.

“They will face legal action,” she warned agencies that refuse to comply, adding that she wants New York police focused on “keeping people safe, not doing ICE’s job.”

That is a significant shift.

Until now, sanctuary-style protections varied widely across New York, with some counties actively cooperating with ICE while others refused.

This law takes that fight statewide.

At least a dozen agencies entered the week with 287(g) agreements, including Nassau County Police on Long Island.

Now they are being told to end them.

Republicans are already furious, arguing that cooperation with ICE helps law enforcement remove dangerous people.

But supporters of the law say local police should be investigating local crimes, not serving as an extension of Trump’s federal immigration operation.

And Hochul is backing that position with the force of state law.

Whatever Trump wants ICE to do in New York, he will now have a much harder time using local police departments to help him do it.

Thank you, Kathy.