New York City lawmakers and advocates are fuming over the Adams administration’s new guidance to city employees instructing them to allow federal immigration authorities to search city property or hand them requested information, even without a warrant, if the workers “reasonably feel threatened.”
The policy, first reported by outlets including Hell Gate and the Daily News, lays out a series of steps for city employees to follow if federal Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) agents show up asking for access to the premises or for information. The one-page memo, distributed by the city on Jan. 13, directs municipal workers to ask the agents for their information, if they have a warrant, and to contact the agency’s general counsel for further instructions.
