Overview
- New York senators privately briefed colleagues on a package that would curb formal and informal cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement, with leaders signaling a proposal could be ready within about a week.
- Proposals under discussion include a version of the New York for All Act, limits on federal agents’ access to nonpublic areas and local data without a warrant, a ban on masks for agents, and a prohibition on using local jails for immigration detention.
- Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee who was nearly blind and spoke little English, was dropped at a Tim Hortons after 8 p.m. in what CBP called a courtesy ride, with agents saying he showed no signs of distress.
- He was found dead on Feb. 24 nearly six miles from the shop; Buffalo police said notes from the autopsy suggested a health-related death, but county health officials refuted that characterization and the medical examiner has not issued a final ruling.
- Shah Alam had been jailed over a year on felony charges later reduced to misdemeanors; after his family posted $460 for release, Border Patrol took him on an immigration detainer and later released him after determining he entered as a refugee, with relatives saying they were not told where he was left.