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ICE’s Presence in New York is Surging, Immigrant Rights Activists Say

New York Public News Network | By Jimmy Vielkind Why would an immigration check-in be scheduled for Sunday? That’s what Jean Aurilio wondered last month when she headed to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Malta, about 20 miles north of Albany, with her husband Jesus Carrión. He fled Peru several years ago […]

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Hochul Presses Feds for Answers About Expansion of Detention Facilities in New York

New York Public News Network | By Jimmy Vielkind New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is pressing the Trump administration for details on reported expansions of immigration detention facilities in upstate New York. The Democratic governor wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin this week, seeking information about plans to increase capacity at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

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Federal Government Leases Newburgh Warehouse for $35.5 Million, Records Suggest ICE Activity

The federal government plans to lease a 42,377-square-foot warehouse in Newburgh, New York, according to federal records. The General Services Administration (GSA) awarded the 15-year lease on June 24 to a Texas-based contractor Leverage Enterprises, Inc for a contract value of $35.57 million. While it’s unclear which agency GSA – the government agency tasked with […]

Trump Administration Challenges NY’s New Immigration Law in Court

New York Public News Network | By Jimmy Vielkind The Trump administration is suing New York state over its recently passed immigration law, saying Albany lawmakers overstepped their authority to regulate federal enforcement efforts. In a complaint filed Monday at a federal court in Buffalo, the U.S. Department of Justice argues that the state law enacted as part of […]

New York Farmworker Given Deadline to Self-Deport

Dolores Bustamante has been in this country for 23 years. On Thursday, she was given 30 days to decide whether to self-deport back to Mexico. If she decides to do so, supporters said, relaying the federal directive, she has another 30 days to leave. “Right now, I am not thinking about this. I just want […]

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Trump Immigration Czar Pledges Punishment if NY Lawmakers Limit Cooperation with ICE

New York Public News Network | By Jimmy Vielkind Republicans are firing warning shots at Gov. Kathy Hochul and other Democratic state lawmakers: If you pass new laws to protect immigrants across New York, there will be consequences. Tom Homan, an upstate New York native who serves as President Donald Trump’s border czar, said he would […]

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Impact of Local Police Cooperation on Immigrant Communities in New York

As New York lawmakers debate how far to go in limiting cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities, a key fault line has emerged: whether any exceptions should exist at all. Governor Kathy Hochul has proposed a package that would generally bar local law enforcement from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement in civil cases, […]

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Judge Orders ICE to Return Farmworker to New York

WXXI News | By Brian Sharp A Wayne County (NY) farmworker must be brought back to Western New York from an ICE detention facility in Louisiana by May 12, a federal judge ordered Thursday. But the government wants the go-ahead to deport her first. Lawyers for 54-year-old Dolores Bustamante had tried to block her transfer out […]

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New York Nears Prohibition on Renting Jail Space to ICE

New York Public News Network | By Jimmy Vielkind Local jails across New York state would be barred from holding people for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under an immigration package taking shape as part of state budget talks, three people familiar with the negotiations said. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democrats who lead the state Legislature […]