While immigrants in incoming York City are alarmed and concerned about the new administration’s immigration plans, city regulations forbid the NYPD and other local authorities from assisting federal officials in deportation cases.
New York is a sanctuary city, and Mayor Eric Adams wants the city’s immigrant population to be aware of this.
“We want to bring down the anxiety. We want our immigrants to know that this is a city of immigrants, this is a country of immigrants. It’s imperative that you go to school, use the hospital services, use the police services,” he stated.
He stated that the city will work with federal partners to address illicit activity.
“Those who commit violent crimes in our city have violated their right to be in our city and in our country, and we are going to continue to collaborate with ICE around criminality,” Adams stated.
Will New York City see deportation raids?
The sanctuary laws in the city are complex.
There is no cooperation with deportation, which is a civil proceeding, although the police do work with federal officials to catch criminals who commit certain crimes, such as rape and murder.
After informing city agencies of this, the NYPD issued an operations order on Saturday stating that assisting the federal government with deportation is strictly prohibited.
It specifies that “…members of service are not permitted to engage in civil immigration enforcement, assist in any manner with civil immigration enforcement, or allow any Department resources to be used in connection with civil immigration enforcement.”
Tom Homan, the border czar, first declared that deportation patrols would begin in Chicago. At this time, there are no signs that raids will be happening in New York City very soon.
Because of the relationship that Adams has built with the president and Homan, it is hoped that city authorities would be given advance notice of any actions.
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Another issue is that the administration is considering making it illegal for the children of undocumented immigrants to get citizenship by birthright.
That action raises doubts about whether it is constitutional.
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A lawsuit has been brought in Massachusetts by Letitia James, the Attorney General of New York, and a group of officials from 18 states and the city of San Francisco. According to them, the executive order that the president signed is in violation of the 14th Amendment.
