Fifteen New York sheriffs have taken Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James, and the State of New York to federal court over the state’s new restrictions on cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The lawsuit was filed on August 25th, the same day the prohibition on 287(g) agreements took effect. The sheriffs are asking a federal judge to block enforcement of the law while their constitutional challenge proceeds. They argue Albany cannot strip independently elected sheriffs of their authority to enter agreements authorized by federal law.
The Local Cops, Local Crimes Act targets agreements made under Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Those agreements permit trained state and local officers to perform certain immigration-enforcement duties under ICE supervision. New York’s law prohibits local agencies from maintaining those arrangements or entering new agreements to use local facilities to hold people solely for federal civil immigration violations; agencies with existing housing agreements must exercise any applicable termination provision by November 25th. Police may still assist ICE in criminal investigations and may detain someone wanted on a judicial warrant.
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