Tangent
The legislation passed by Democratic lawmakers in New York and signed by Hochul prohibits state and local law enforcement from entering into official or unofficial cooperation agreements with federal immigration authorities and bars them from using state and local law enforcement personnel and facilities for immigration enforcement purposes. Warrantless searches of hospitals, daycares, schools, churches and polling locations were also banned.
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Chief Critic
The Department of Homeland Security has pushed back against New York’s new laws and similar crackdowns in other states. DHS told agents in an internal memo last month they are “not legally required to comply with state and local mask prohibitions while carrying out their official duties,” The New York Times reported. A similar mask ban enacted by California was struck down because it did not also require state law enforcement to abide by the rule. New York’s law applies to local, state and federal law enforcement.
Key Background
The Trump administration retreated on its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis earlier this year in the wake of bipartisan backlash to Pretti and Good’s killings, and Trump softened his anti-immigration rhetoric. Violent clashes between protesters and federal immigration officers outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, have reignited the debate surrounding Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics, particularly how federal agents deal with protesters. More than 80 people have been arrested in connection with protests over the living conditions at Delaney Hall, ABC reported Saturday. Video footage and images have shown police in riot gear armed with batons and rifles and using pepper spray and tear gas to disperse protests. The Trump administration has claimed officers have been wounded in clashes with protesters and several demonstrators have been arrested on charges of assaulting officers. Detainees have said they are given moldy and expired food, crowded in hot cells and lack medical care. Democratic members of Congress from New York and New Jersey who visited the facility last month corroborated some of the inmates’ claims—Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said inmates are given “very small portions” of food and “very often, there are maggots in the food.” DHS has denied the allegations. Homan said he visited the facility and ate the same food as the inmates, and it was a “well-established meal,” he told Fox News on Monday.
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further reading
Trump Ending Minneapolis Immigration Enforcement Surge, Homan Says (Forbes)
Trump Blames Fraud Investigation For ‘Violent…Protests’—Sends Homan Amid Minneapolis Crisis After Pretti Killing (Forbes)
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Trump Says ‘No Masks’ For ICE Agents Working TSA In Airports (Forbes)