{"id":116178,"date":"2026-01-29T10:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116178\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:41:06","slug":"nyc-council-dems-push-schumer-to-block-ice-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116178\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Council Dems push Schumer to block ICE funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than two-thirds of the New York City Council signed on to a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer imploring him to continue blocking any funding package that includes resources for the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-rbUFxHBQcacBeydjqdXBNkCTBIyKVR4\/view?usp=drivesdk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The letter,<\/a>\u00a0which was signed by 41 Democratic council members, cites the recent killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents, saying they are not isolated incidents. They underscore the broader issues with how ICE and DHS operate \u2013\u00a0an apparatus the letter describes as rife with \u201cexcessive force, minimal accountability and profound disregard for human life.\u201d Earlier this month, a City Council data analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityandstateny.com\/politics\/2026\/01\/nyc-council-staffer-detained-ice\/410631\/?oref=csny-author-river\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was detained by immigration agents<\/a> while making a routine court appearance on Long Island.<\/p>\n<p>The effort to send the letter to Schumer was led by Council Member Shahana Hanif. While City Council Speaker Julie Menin did not sign on, the majority of her leadership team did.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs representatives of New York City \u2013 home to one of the largest and most vibrant immigrant populations in the world \u2013 we urge you to continue blocking any funding package that resources ICE or DHS,\u201d the letter reads. \u201cIncremental reforms will not prevent deaths, curb abuse, or meaningfully change an agency whose mission and structure are fundamentally incompatible with democratic values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer is backing reforms. The council members\u2019 plea comes <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-partial-shutdown-ice-funding-homeland-security-35abc94e6579e701f03d9c18ca5a7c44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as he vowed<\/a> Senate Democrats would not help advance a spending package without changes to immigration enforcement, including a requirement that officers carry ID and don\u2019t wear masks. Without a deal, a partial government shutdown seems likely starting Friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than two-thirds of the New York City Council signed on to a letter to Senate Minority Leader&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2065,9496,51409,3066,2035,50174,9,56,63,51410,65,64],"class_list":["post-116178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-chuck-schumer","tag-dhs","tag-dhs-funding","tag-heard-around-town","tag-ice","tag-iimmigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-council","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}