Lefty-leaning New York laws that ban cooperation with federal immigration officials are partly to blame for ICE being powerless to stop the migrants accused of jumping two NYPD cops from skipping town , officials griped Monday.
Kenneth Genalo, the director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Big Apple field office, ripped the sanctuary policy that prevents the city from adhering to “detainers” — a system that calls for the feds to be notified by local law enforcement when non-citizens are arrested on criminal charges.
“We want to help. The problem is, due to city policies and state law, cooperation is no longer afforded between NYPD and ICE,” Genalo said at a press conference alongside a bipartisan group of local pols.
“There’s hundreds of people a week that are being arrested throughout the city and we can’t determine which are the most violent.”
Genalo spoke out as the local lawmakers — led by US Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island) — urged Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council to reverse the current laws and policies so migrants accused of crimes can be easily deported.