New bill would put NYC’s immigration enforcement rules on the wall

New York City agencies would have to post multilingual signs explaining the rules governing immigration enforcement at municipal properties and clearly identify nonpublic areas where nonlocal law enforcement may not enter unless access is permitted under city law, under legislation the City Council is expected to approve Thursday.

Introduction 55-A, sponsored by Council Member Alexa Avilés (D-Brooklyn), would require the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs to produce plain-language notices describing existing city laws governing access to city property and restrictions on city participation in immigration enforcement.