New York Governor Kathy Hochul actually thinks that she can stop the deportation of illegal immigrants. Boy does she have something else coming!
The governor announced that her state will not cooperate with mass deportations, except in cases involving warrants, terrorism watch lists, or criminal activity. Although some counties have partnered with ICE, Hochul stressed that state police under her leadership will not take part in mass deportations. This statement comes as Trump’s former border czar oversaw ICE arrests in Boston, underscoring the ongoing debate over immigration policies and federal cooperation.
“We’re not going to allow this mass deportation,” Hochul said during an appearance on The David Pakman Show. “Where we will cooperate — and I did this even under the Biden administration — if you have a warrant, or you know, someone’s on a terrorism watch list or committing crimes in their home country, or committing crimes here, that’s a different category, and I will help you with those to protect everyone — whether the newly arriving New Yorkers or where they’ve lived here their entire lives.”
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NY GOV. HOCHUL: “We’re not gonna allow this mass deportation…”
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“So our state policy, our state law, does not allow for our state police to be involved in those situations,” she continued, citing what she called “renegade counties in New York.”
“Individual counties can sign a pact with ICE and we have a lot of them — some on Long Island some in upstate New York, where there’s different political views,” Hochul said. “What I control is the state police, and they will not cooperate in that,” she declared.