"By observing and recording the actions of agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or other federal agencies, which the public has a right to do, the observers will provide the attorney general's office with information that could one day be used in future legal action if any laws are broken. By having a uniform, they are standing out and identifying themselves."
""We have seen in Minnesota how quickly and tragically federal operations can escalate in the absence of transparency and accountability," James said in a statement. "My office is launching the Legal Observation Project to examine federal enforcement activity in New York and whether it remains within the bounds of the law." James's office says specifically that observers from the initiative won't interfere with enforcement activity and that their job is to merely document federal conduct safely and legally."
New York Attorney General Letitia James is launching the Legal Observation Project to deploy trained legal observers as neutral witnesses to federal immigration enforcement in the state. Observers will include lawyers and other state employees who will observe and record actions by ICE and other federal agencies, preserving information that could be used in future legal action if laws are broken. Observers will wear purple vests bearing the attorney general's insignia and will not interfere with enforcement activity, documenting conduct safely and legally. The observers will exercise the public's right to record federal agents to increase transparency and accountability. Federal officers have worn a range of clothing, from jeans to fatigues, complicating identification.
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