NYC Won't Help the Feds in Pursuit of ILLEGALS

New York City would no longer turn over illegal immigrants in local jails to federal authorities, except in certain limited circumstances, under legislation that would add New York to the list of cities challenging national immigration policies.

The bill will be introduced next week by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and has the support of Mayor Bill de Blasio, virtually assuring its passage through the Democratic-controlled City Council.

The proposal would upend more than a decade of the city working closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which oversees detainment, deportation and other matters relating to immigrants.

Under the legislation, the New York Police Department and the Department of Correction wouldn’t honor detainer requests from ICE unless the request was for an immigrant convicted of a “violent or serious crime” and who was the subject of a warrant issued by a federal judge. ICE’s office on Rikers Island would be closed.

Ms. Mark-Viverito said the bill is necessary to lessen New York City’s role in a dysfunctional national immigration system that ensnares illegal immigrants in deportation proceedings because of minor offenses.

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The legislation would be Ms. Mark-Viverito’s most high-profile policy push since becoming speaker in January. She has sought to make immigration a signature issue, championing a city identification card aimed at helping undocumented immigrants and other groups more easily access city services.

“We’re sending a very strong message,” Ms. Mark-Viverito said of the immigration bill.

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