NY governor acts to block some ICE raids

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has demanded that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stop its “reckless” and “serious disregard for the rule of law” in the agency’s efforts to find illegal immigrants. The governor signed an executive order to block ICE arrests in state facilities without a warrant and to prohibit state agencies and law enforcement officers from inquiring about an individual’s immigration status unless required by law or to establish whether the individuals qualify for a specific benefit or service.Cuomo sent a letter to an ICE official threatening to “pursue all available legal recourse” to stop what he described as illegally targeting individuals based on their constitutionally protected speech to execute what he called “politically motivated arrests and deportations.”