State Senator Julia Salazar announced her support for three legislative proposals from Governor Kathy Hochul aimed at limiting cooperation between New York and federal immigration authorities.
Salazar, who represents District 18 including Bushwick, said she will work with the Governor to ensure the proposals are enacted “as quickly as possible.”
The three proposals would ban agreements between ICE and local or state law enforcement agencies, including contracts allowing New York correctional facilities to be used for ICE detention. The measures would also establish a private right of action allowing New Yorkers to sue federal officials, including ICE officers, for violations of constitutionally protected rights. Additionally, the proposals would designate certain locations, schools, youth facilities, healthcare facilities, housing accommodations, and houses of worship, where ICE agents would be prohibited from entering for immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant.
Salazar said the first proposal delivers on her bill, “Dignity Not Detention.”
“As I have said for years, New York’s correctional facilities should never be used as detention centers for New Yorkers kidnapped by ICE,” Salazar stated. “This shameful practice has led to too many people being subjected to inhuman conditions in facilities throughout our state.”
Salazar referenced ICE activity in Minneapolis in her statement, describing it as “grotesque violence” and “murders committed by ICE agents.”
The senator called the announcement “a substantial step toward protecting our immigrant communities” while noting that more work remains, including passage of the New York for All Act.
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