NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Council is passing legislation that would stop honoring detainment orders from U.S. immigration officials that don’t come with a warrant from a federal judge.
The council voted 41 to 6 in favor of two bills on Wednesday.
The legislation prohibits the NYPD and the Department of Corrections from honoring federal “detainers,” which are requests to hold illegal immigrants so they can be handed over to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
They requests will now only be honored if they are accompanied by a judge’s warrant and if the subject of the warrant is wanted for a violent crime or is on the terrorist watch list.
The bills were championed by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. They have the support of Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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