Quattrone, Sheriffs Critical of NYS Order to End Agreements with ICE

Chautauqua County's top cop believes last week's directive to a dozen law enforcement agencies in New York to end their 287(g) agreements with ICE goes too far. Sheriff Jim Quattrone, who was a guest on WDOE's "Viewpoint" program this morning, spoke about the letters that Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James sent to those departments, the first enforcement action under the Office of the Attorney General's (OAG) new Office of Immigrant Trust. Quattrone says the New York State Sheriffs' Association sees that action as "a bit of an overreach"...

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Three of the agencies that received letters are in the western Southern Tier, with none of the letters having any impact on Chautauqua County police agencies. Quattrone says the county will continue to work with its federal partners in making local communities safer...

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The enforcement action by OAG is to ensure compliance with the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, which bans local law enforcement agencies in New York from participating in any formal or informal 287(g) agreement and using correctional facilities, juvenile detention facilities, and facilities for youth to house federal civil immigration detainees.

Click here to listen to the entire "Viewpoint" interview with Jim Quattrone.

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