Migrant-friendly laws that limit local law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with the feds on immigration matters would be repealed under new legislation to be considered by the NYC Council.
Council members Robert Holden (D-Queens) and Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) told The Post they’ll introduce a bill Thursday that would roll back so-called “sanctuary city” laws approved from 2014-2018 under then-Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Some of the laws prohibit the NYPD, and Correction and Probation departments from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents unless the cases involve suspected terrorists or serious public safety risks.
The bill — which is likely to face strident objections from the Council’s left-wing Democratic majority — would also reverse rules prohibiting city agencies from partnering with ICE to enforce federal immigration laws.
“Sanctuary city laws put all New Yorkers, both immigrants and longtime residents, in danger by preventing the NYPD and DOC from working with ICE,” said Holden, a moderate Dem. “We do not need to import criminals, and only 23 years since 9/11, we have forgotten the deadly consequences of poor interagency communication. We must repeal these laws immediately.”
Murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley might still be alive if it wasn’t for the sanctuary city policies, Holden and other critics have said.
The 22-year-old was found dead Feb. 22 on the University of Georgia’s campus, six months after her alleged killer Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, was arrested in Queens and charged with endangering a child. --->READ MORE HERE
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Murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley might still be alive if it wasn’t for sanctuary city policies pushed by former Mayor Bill de Blasio and left-wing extremists on the City Council — who have “blood on their hands,” critics told The Post.
Nearly six months before the 22-year-old Riley was found dead Feb. 22 on the University of Georgia’s campus, her alleged killer Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, was arrested in Queens on Aug. 31 and charged with endangering a child.
However, because of migrant-friendly changes made to the sanctuary city policy in both 2014 in 2017 by de Blasio and the Melissa Mark-Viverito-led City Council, the NYPD had no choice but to cut the Venezuelan-born Ibarra loose — instead of turning him over to federal immigration officials — because he didn’t have any major crime convictions.
“The situation in New York City is outrageous, and any laws that protect criminals at the expense of New Yorkers must be repealed,” said Queens Councilman Robert Holden.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “was formed as a result of what occurred during 9/11, and preventing local law enforcement from communicating with the feds is lunacy,” the centrist Democrat added.
“The nursing student in Georgia would be alive today if we weren’t a sanctuary city, and the blood is on the hands of Bill de Blasio and Melissa Mark-Viverito.”
Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) also said he believes there’s a good chance Riley’s death could have been avoided. --->READ MORE HERE
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