Op-ed: Matter of Face – Grudge match
BY JAY BROWN
Gov. Andrew Cuomo met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 13. Trump wanted the state to supply access to DMV records that he says ICE needs to conduct immigration investigations. Cuomo wanted Trump to reverse his decision to prohibit access to Trusted Traveler programs for all New Yorkers under the disingenuous claim that unless they had the DMV records they couldn’t verify that participants were safe.
Following the Trump administration’s announcement of the New York ban earlier this month, state Attorney General Letitia James decried the move as unlawful, unconstitutional and discriminatory. The move is clearly an act of political retribution and one which can only have negative effects on commerce and security.