Hochul Rejects Trump’s ICE Quotas, Vows New York Won’t Be a ‘Sanctuary for Criminals’

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HOCHUL: “But what we had before was there were counties that had relationships with ICE, formal agreements, where they would actually be using local law enforcement for civil immigration enforcement. I’m not talking about criminals. I’m talking about someone whose only offense is coming into this country. And these are people with temporary protected status. Maybe they had a green card, a work permit, married to an American citizen. They’re going after everybody because they have to hit those innate Stephen Miller quotas. So I’ve said, and we passed a law and it went into effect just this week, you cannot have those agreements with ICE to be using local cops for doing your job, ICE. I want local cops focused on local crimes. And crime has gone down dramatically since I’ve been governor in the state of New York for the last five years, and it’s because I’ve invested money in law enforcement. We’re building trust between communities and law enforcement. It has nothing to do with having our local police diverted from catching the rapists, catching the murderers, responding to an emergency, and doing ICE’s job for them. It’s an $85 billion agency. I think they can take care of themselves. In fact, I wish they would just disband and go back to the old immigration and naturalization service. Remember old INS? People trusted them. They did their jobs. This is a rogue policing state that is wreaking havoc across America. In New York, we say, no more."