Dem governor in the hot seat after testing limits of authority with major move against ICE
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is using her 2027 budget request to push new restrictions targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Empire State, testing the limits of her...
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is using her 2027 budget request to push new restrictions targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Empire State, testing the limits of her authority to impose requirements on federal agencies — a test that experts say is doomed from its outset. The Local Cops Local Crimes Act would block local law enforcement from acting on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Alongside a proposed ban on masks and new operational limits in certain settings, Hochul’s efforts continue Democrats' efforts to use state-level policies to push back on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. "ICE will no longer be able to use our police, our jails and our resources to carry out civil immigration enforcement . Because guess what: Our officers paid for by local taxpayer dollars were hired to protect their communities, to be there to assist with a traffic accident, to go after retail theft, stop domestic violence," Hochul said at a press event on Thursday. HOCHUL DENOUNCES ICE RAID AS ‘CRUEL,’ DESPITE CHILD ENDANGERMENT AMONG CHARGES "They’re not there to do the federal government’s bidding." Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, governors in states like Illinois, California and Virginia have thrown up barriers to local-federal immigration cooperation by limiting communication, data sharing and more. In Hochul’s case, the Local Cops Local Crimes Act rescinds and prevents the expansion of any new agreements under the 287(g) program — a federal law that allows local officers to assume authority to conduct immigration-related work that is normally carried out by federal officials. It also comes alongside a slew of separate immigration-related reforms Hochul is pressing for, including establishing a state right to sue ICE for "constitutional violations," a prohibition on masks for local and federal law enforcement and a restriction that would prevent ICE from entering schools, libraries, polling locati…