Gov. Hochul must use her emergency powers to temporarily waive the Big Apple’s controversial “sanctuary city” laws because of increased terror threats posed by the ongoing migrant crisis, a coalition of City Council members demanded this week.
“New York City is a prime target for terrorism, and we cannot afford to be complacent in the face of such threats,” Council members Robert Holden (D-Queens), Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) and the rest of the nine-member “Common Sense Caucus” wrote Wednesday.
Sanctuary laws prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from cooperating fully with local law enforcement — and that “severely hampers our efforts to ensure the safety of our residents,” they wrote.
