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Kathy Hochul: “Here in New York, we'll always uphold public safety lawfully…”

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Governor Hochul Introduces New Legislation to Stop ICE from Co-Opting Local Law Enforcement

Published January 31, 2026 | Video Starts at 21:52

Sa. Sa. Sam. Sa. Please rise and welcome to the podium the 57th Governor of the great state of New York, Governor Kathy Hochul. Hey, Governor, good to see you. Here in New York, we'll always uphold public safety lawfully and with humanity. To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, when he was asked what form of government they just created, said, we created a republic. If you can keep it. If you can keep it. (21:52–21:59)

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Asserts that New York will maintain public safety in a lawful and humane manner.

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“Federal agents murdered Alex Preddy, 37 year old American citizen, an ICU nurse at a VA hospital.”
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“Federal agents shot Renee Goode in the face as she was looking to leave in her vehicle.”
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“Over the last 13 months, ICE has detained hundreds and hundreds of individuals, including thousands of individuals, including hundreds of…”
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“Dozens of people have died in [ICE] custody.”
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“Since I became the governor, we have turned over 1400 convicted criminals to ICE.”
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“ICE...were a $6 billion agency. Now they have over $85 billion at their disposal.”
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“We have a long border, over 432 miles with Canada.”
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“Keeping people safe has been my number one priority.”
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“For four and a half years, I have partnered with law enforcement leaders across the state.”
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“We've worked hard to drive down crime, reform our laws, and provide more tools to put criminals behind bars.”
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“These very principles have been abandoned by our federal government and our immigration officers in every corner of our state.”
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“Since I became the governor, we have turned over 1400 convicted criminals to ICE.”
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“Just last August, New York State Police worked with federal law enforcement to break up a gun smuggling operation run by transnational…”
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“Under current law, federal law, which says it is subject to state and local laws, ICE can enter into formal agreements with local law…”
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“I'm proposing a new law that will ban these agreements [between ICE and local law enforcement].”
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“I'm proposing a new law that will ban these agreements. We call it the Local Cops Local Crimes Act.”
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“Last fall on Long Island, federal agents had deputized local police to detain a Roosevelt High School senior after a minor non-violent…”
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“ICE relies on our detention centers. They want to build them up. They want the capacity.”
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“Cutting off access to our jails to ICE agents will make it harder for them to operate these large-scale operations.”
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“Local police will continue to help federal agents track down violent criminals.”
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“Local police will continue to help federal agents track down violent criminals.”
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“Anytime your constitutional rights are violated, anytime federal agents operate outside the scope of law, New Yorkers should be able to hold…”
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“I laid out a series of sensitive locations that will be off-limits to ICE civil immigration enforcement unless they have a warrant signed by…”
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“I'm going to codify [the protection of homes from ICE entry without a warrant] into state law.”
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“Anyone who believes that eliminating these agreements between ICE and local police will somehow make New York less safe, you're going to…”
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“New York City Police Department does not have an agreement with ICE.”
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“New York City Police Department does not have an agreement with ICE. Guess what? Crime is hitting record lows.”
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“Crime is hitting record lows [in New York City].”
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“In a state in America, there was a young couple that had just taken their one month old baby to apply for a U.S. passport as a U.S. citizen…”
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“Once a law is passed, every municipality is required to follow the law.”
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“Once a law is passed, every municipality is required to follow the law. And the consequences of breaking the law in the state of New York is…”
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“The vast majority of sheriff's offices do not have these agreements [with ICE].”
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“ICE desperately needs to be reformed and retrained.”
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“New York for all...only passed one of the houses of the legislature last year.”
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“They're building up capacity to detain people because right now they don't have enough capacity to do large scale surge of ICE agents.”
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