'They Want Loopholes': As City Council Tries to Strengthen Immigrant Protections, Adams Administration Disappears
Laws that would strengthen the city's "sanctuary" status are running up against the clock.
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City Council Speaker: The Adams Administration's New ICE Guidance Is a 'Betrayal of New Yorkers and Our City'
The council's demand for the administration to rescind the guidance comes after Hell Gate reported on the existence of the memo earlier this week.
New Memo from Adams Administration Tells Migrant Shelter Operators to Let ICE In Without a Warrant If They 'Reasonably Feel Threatened'
The memo offers a broad exception for federal immigration enforcement that wasn't in separate instructions issued last month.
'Harsh' New Federal Law to Expand Trump's Deportation Machine Hits NYC Just as the NYPD Doubles Down on Broken Windows
The Adams administration has not said how it plans to respond to the Laken Riley Act, which gives federal authorities the right to detain immigrants accused of crimes like petty theft.
