Cities receive guidance on sanctuary immigration policies
New York state’s attorney general on Thursday issued guidance to local governments on how they can put laws and policies in place to limit their participation in federal immigration enforcement activities under Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
The guidance from Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says local law enforcement agencies can take several steps. Those steps include refusing to enforce non-judicial civil immigration warrants, denying requests from federal officials to hold onto people in custody who haven’t been charged for more than 48 hours, limiting immigration enforcement agents’ access to people already in custody and limiting the gathering and reporting of information like someone’s immigration status.
Schneiderman said public safety depends on trust between law enforcement and communities.