Through documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the organizations Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) and Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJ) obtained emails exchanged between immigration authorities and New York prison officials. York to act against immigrants.
New York officials inform Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents about people who are about to be released from prison so they can be detained and processed for deportation.
Sanctuary laws in New York restrict local authorities from establishing a broad collaboration with ICE, except in certain cases and with deportation orders signed by a judge, not by a command of the immigration agency.
Yasmine Farhang, director of advocacy at IDP, and Luba Cortés, coordinator for the defense of immigrants at Make the Road New York, explain in “El Diario Sin Límites” the importance of a hearing in the New York City Council and what could follow.
>> Why is it important to address these violations by prison authorities in New York?
>> What are the crimes that are contemplated to have collaboration with ICE?
>> Which immigrants can it affect?
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