New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation to prevent Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement (ICE) from arresting illegal aliens in state courthouses without a judicial warrant. Cuomo said he did so to protect “our immigrant communities.”
ICE responded by stating that it carries out courthouse arrests in a “professional manner against specific, targeted aliens with a final removal order or those who pose a public safety threat, some of whom have multiple criminal convictions.
“Restricting ICE’s access to courthouses only increases risk to public safety and subjects the public to more visible enforcement efforts, because it forces ICE law enforcement officers to make arrests out in the community rather than the controlled environment of a courthouse.”
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