Wednesday, November 1, 2017

New Regulations Fortify New York City as Immigration Sanctuary


By Erin Durkin

As the Trump administration attempts to crack down on sanctuary cities, New York is slapping more restrictions on its cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Under legislation the City Council passed 41-4 on Tuesday, city employees will be banned from spending any time on duty or using city property to assist in enforcing immigration laws.

The move makes legally binding a policy the city has already followed of bowing out of assisting the feds in finding undocumented immigrants for deportation.

Another bill bars the Department of Probation from handing over undocumented immigrants in response to requests from the feds.

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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report) 

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