"The storm in Minneapolis that we New Yorkers have been watching - the waves of protests; the masked federal agents chasing, swarming, beating, and arresting men, women, and children; the horrific on-camera shooting of unarmed citizens at point-blank range - could be coming to our city and state soon. This year's gubernatorial election is shaping up as in part a choice between continued resistance to President Donald Trump's mass-deportation campaign, as Governor Kathy Hochul has vowed,"
""Go after the drug lords and the human traffickers and the worst of the worst, like you promised. Why are you going after high-school students and teachers and people who work in City Hall? My God. It's gone just too far," Hochul told me recently. "When you say you're going after the worst of the worst, the hardened criminals, they're lying about that. That is a flat-out lie.""
Minneapolis protests have included masked federal agents chasing, swarming, beating, arresting civilians, and a televised shooting of unarmed people. Similar federal actions could occur in New York amid a gubernatorial contest contrasting resistance to President Trump's mass-deportation campaign with support for expanded expulsions. Governor Kathy Hochul vows resistance, has called on Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to quit or be fired, and proposes laws allowing New Yorkers to sue ICE and banning ICE activity in sensitive locations. Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman has partnered with ICE; an estimated 3,000 people arrested by ICE have been held in Nassau jails, prompting complaints and a lawsuit.
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