Hochul calls for mother, 3 kids apprehended by ICE from upstate NY farm to be released

Two officers arrest a 52-year-old woman, whose whereabouts are unknown, as the children claim that ICE has "disappeared" her.

ICE Detains Mother & Her Three Children in Farm Raid Near NY Home of Border Czar Tom Homan

We speak with New York Immigration Coalition President Murad Awawdeh about a mother and three children who were swept up in an ICE raid not far from the home of Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan in Sackets Harbor, New York, handcuffed and taken to a family detention center in Texas despite having no order of deportation. A protest calling for the family’s return is planned for this Saturday, and the mayor has called a state of emergency. Awawdeh al

The recent arrest of three students in Sackets Harbor by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents generated a strong reaction in New York. Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected this procedure which she described as “simply cruel” and demanded the prompt release of minors. Hochul: “I can’t think of a justification.” Gov. Hochul issued a statement in which she said: “I can’t think of any public security justification for ICE agents to tear an innocen…

Hochul knocks ICE over ‘just plain cruel’ detention of family

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said it was “just plain cruel” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to detain a family, including a child in third grade, from their home in upstate New York. In a Tuesday statement, Hochul said she is willing to work with the Trump administration on immigration enforcement…

Mom, 3 kids detained by ICE in operation that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul calls "just plain cruel"

A mother and her three children were detained last month in an immigration operation in northern New York state near the U.S.-Canada border, according to an immigrant advocacy group.

‘Dignity Not Detention’ would cut New York’s ties to federal detention contracts

ALBANY, N.Y. (NESTAR) — After a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid that arrested three students in the Sackets Harbor Central School District, immigrant advocates and elected officials gathered in Albany to back the "Dignity Not Detention Act." The bill would end state and local contracts with federal immigration enforcement and private operators that run detention facilities. Protesters and community groups filled the Capitol’s Milli…