On Monday, immigration advocates testified before members of city council, recounting harms to immigrant New Yorkers following what they alleged was collaboration between New York City agencies and immigration agents.
One immigrant who was referenced was a recently arrived mother who had requested therapy services and instead was flagged to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by the city’s child welfare authority. Another was a father who was thrown into immigration detention after NYPD and ICE officers stormed his family’s apartment, guns drawn, according to testimony.
These and other similarly harrowing stories were presented to the city’s immigration committee as lawmakers weighed four bills meant to limit federal immigration enforcement in New York City and hold federal officials accountable…