Ban on Local Police Assisting ICE Ban Takes Effect, 15 Sheriffs File Suit

Hochul remains defiant after sheriffs sue over law banning cooperation with ICE: ‘Bring it on’

More than a dozen New York sheriffs are suing over a state law prohibiting law enforcement from entering into or maintaining certain agreements with ICE for civil immigration enforcement, as Gov. Kathy Hochul dared the agency heads to “bring it on.” A federal lawsuit led by Rensselaer County Sheriff Kyle Bourgault argues that the law is unconstitutional and unlawfully restricts elected sheriffs’ ability to enter into federally authorized immigra…

Hochul remains defiant after sheriffs sue over law banning cooperation with ICE: 'Bring it on'

New York sheriffs filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law barring law enforcement from cooperating with ICE on civil immigration matters.

Ban on local police assisting ICE ban takes effect, 15 sheriffs file suit

The 287(g) agreement ban restricts how local municipalities and law enforcement interact with federal ICE agents.

NY sheriffs sue over Hochul’s anti-ICE law that bans government cooperation, but guv says: ‘Bring it on’

Hochul herself vowed to sue localities such as Nassau County -- where her Republican gubernatorial rival Bruce Blakeman serves as executive -- that refuse to end cooperation agreements with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Legal threats mount as law limiting ICE takes effect

A new state law officially took effect Tuesday prohibiting federal immigration officials from working with local- and state-funded law enforcement agencies for civil immigration enforcement matters. Now, it’s up to the state Attorney General’s Office to force the recalcitrant few municipalities that didn’t willingly wind down their agreements to follow the law. But if the responses from the Republican leaders of those defiant counties are any in…