NYC Council members ramp up immigrant protections as ICE raids continue throughout the city

"Advocates rallied at City Hall for more protections for undocumented New Yorkers. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Dozens of advocates, including multiple NYC Council members, rallied at City Hall on Monday, demanding more legislative support for undocumented immigrant New Yorkers. Led by Brooklyn Council Member Alexa Aviles, chair of the council's Immigration Committee, the rally focused on getting four bills passed to protect the city's immigrant community."

"City agencies unlawfully share information with federal immigration authorities, with no training, accountability, or enforcement mechanism when our laws are violated, Hanif said. My bill, the NYC Trust Act, would hold the NYPD, Department of Corrections (DOP), and DOP accountable to the laws already on our books by creating a private right of actionempowering those whose rights have been violated to bring suit and seek justice."

"Complementing this bill is Council Member Tiffany Caban's Intro. 1412, which would prohibit federal agencies conducting immigration enforcement from setting up shop on Correction Department property. This would counter an executive order Mayor Eric Adams' administration issued in April that sought to re-establish ICE's Rikers Island office; the Council successfully sued the mayor to stop the order from being enforced."

Dozens of advocates and several NYC Council members rallied at City Hall demanding stronger protections for undocumented New Yorkers. The rally, led by Brooklyn Council Member Alexa Aviles, sought passage of four bills to protect the immigrant community. Intro. 214 would allow immigrants to sue city agencies, including the NYPD, under existing laws. The NYC Trust Act, sponsored by Shahana Hanif, alleges city agencies unlawfully share information with federal immigration authorities and would create a private right of action against the NYPD and Department of Corrections. Intro. 1412, sponsored by Tiffany Caban, would bar federal immigration enforcement from operating on Correction Department property and counters a mayoral order to re-establish an ICE office at Rikers.

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