Overview
- Senators are assembling a package that includes a version of the New York for All Act to block informal cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement and limit access to nonpublic government areas without a warrant.
- Plans under discussion would also ban local jails from holding people for immigration detention, prohibit agents from wearing masks, and expand New Yorkers’ ability to sue immigration agents.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul urged quick passage of her proposals to ban 287(g) agreements and restrict civil enforcement in sensitive locations, and Senate leaders said a formal proposal could be released within a week.
- Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee who was almost completely blind and spoke little English, was found dead on Feb. 24 after Border Patrol agents had dropped him at a closed Tim Hortons; Buffalo police say the cause of death has not been made public and the investigation continues.
- CBP said Shah Alam accepted a “courtesy ride” and showed no visible distress at drop-off, while Buffalo’s mayor denounced the handling of the release and reaffirmed the city’s stance against cooperating with federal immigration authorities.