New York Sheriffs Seek Injunction to Block ICE Ban
The sheriffs say 287(g) agreements are congressionally authorized partnerships and that 6 sworn declarations support their request for emergency relief.
- On Tuesday, fifteen New York sheriffs rallied in Albany demanding a federal judge pause enforcement of the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act while their lawsuit proceeds, arguing the state-mandated ban on 287 immigration agreements constitutes illegal overreach.
- The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on May 26, mandates dissolving all 287 agreements that allow local law enforcement to identify and process removable aliens with active criminal charges.
- FAIR attorney Mateo Forero-Norena wrote in court filings that the injunction is 'urgent' because 'the harms now in motion cannot be undone after trial,' while Rensselaer County Sheriff Kyle Bourgault emphasized the program's operational success since 2018.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James dismissed the lawsuit as a 'waste of taxpayer money,' maintaining the law ensures public safety while continuing legal action against non-compliant counties.
- A federal judge weighs the request as FAIR notes a similar preliminary injunction recently blocked a comparable law in Virginia, while Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin suggested the dispute could reach the United States Supreme Court.
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New York sheriffs fight state Democrats’ effort to ban cooperation with ICE
Fifteen New York sheriffs are suing Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) and the state’s Democratic attorney general, Letitia James, over a new state law that bans state and local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. The sheriffs say the law is interfering with how they protect their communities. Sheriffs from across the sanctuary state […]
New York sheriffs seek injunction to block ICE ban - The Daily Bo Snerdley
(The Center Square) — New York sheriffs are asking a federal judge to block a ban on agreements with ICE to enforce immigration law while a legal challenge over the new state law plays out in court. In a new filing in U.S. District Court in Albany, lawyers for the sheriffs said the need for an injunction is “urgent” with Attorney General Letitia James’s office pursuing separate legal challenges to force sheriffs to cancel so-called 287(g) agre…
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New York sheriffs seek injunction to block ICE ban
(The Center Square) — New York sheriffs are asking a federal judge to block a ban on agreements with ICE to enforce immigration law while a legal challenge over the new state law plays out in court.
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