Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) continued to deny any collaboration with New York’s local law enforcement and ICE as illegal immigrants are being deported.
The Trump administration picked up where it left off on Sunday, sending the first plane of illegal immigrants back to Venezuela. Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling prohibiting deportation flights, and the Trump administration briefly paused its efforts.
New York has been an epicenter for deportation efforts since nearly 760,000 illegal immigrants reside in New York City alone.
“We’re not going to allow this mass deportation,” Hochul said Sunday on the David Pakman Show. “So our state policy, our state law, does not allow for our state police to be involved in those situations. Now, what we have are some renegade counties in New York because individual counties can sign a pact with ICE, and we have a lot of them, some on Long Island, some in upstate New York, where there’s different political views. They are cooperating with their local police departments, but what I control is the state police, and they will not cooperate in that.”
Hochul condemned any effort to seek illegal immigrants in “sensitive” locations such as schools or churches. The governor also noted her efforts to cooperate, as she did during President Joe Biden’s term in office, to deport those who “have a warrant” or if “someone’s on a terrorism watch list or committing crimes in their home country or committing crimes here.” Hochul acknowledged that some of these bad actors could have lived in New York all their lives.
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Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a continuing state of emergency on Monday over the influx of immigrants in the city. About 157,000 migrants arrived between 2022 and 2023, according to Adams.
Adams recently had five federal corruption charges dismissed by the Justice Department. At the time, Adams sought to expedite the trial so he could focus on his reelection campaign. However, Hochul saw the dismissal as an attempt by the Trump administration to “interfere in the operations of our city.” While Hochul holds the power to remove Adams from office, she has so far left him to finish his term.
