ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul said she plans to introduce legislation that would ban local police departments from signing agreements to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement efforts, after recent fatal shootings by immigration officers in Minnesota.
The agreements, commonly known as 287-g agreements, allow local departments to partner with ICE to use local officers, jails and other resources as part of federal immigration enforcement efforts.
Hochul called ICE a rogue agency and said its enforcement actions under President Donald Trump are dangerous and troubling, referencing the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis.
She also called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
Hochul said her legislation, called the Local Cops Local Crimes Act, would not prevent the state from cooperating with federal law enforcement efforts to arrest violent criminals. Instead, it would ensure local law enforcement was focused on enforcing laws in their communities, she said.
“New Yorkers are feeling traumatized and stunned as they watch federal agents carry out unspeakable acts of violence in a country they no longer recognize,” she said during a news conference in New York City.