State-local cooperation with ICE
During 2026 budget negotiations, the New York State Senate sought policies to stop police from working with ICE as part of a broader effort framed as protecting immigrant communities. Budget materials also described safeguarding healthcare and immigrant communities from federal threats, making cooperation with federal immigration enforcement a live state policy dispute.
Should New York limit police and local cooperation with federal ICE immigration enforcement?
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Sources
NY Focus — https://nysfocus.com/2026/03/12/new-york-state-budget-negotiations-2026
The Assembly wants to freeze your energy bills, the Senate wants to stop police from working with ICE, and the governor wants to slash auto insurance premiums.
NY State Senate — https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/state-senate-passes-2026-27-budget
This budget advances meaningful utility reforms and ratepayer protections, expands access to childcare and universal pre-K, safeguards healthcare and immigrant communities from harmful federal threats, and continues critical investments in education, local governments, and communities across the state.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Fully bar state and local police from any cooperation with ICE
- Significantly restrict police-ICE collaboration to protect immigrant communities
- Allow limited case-by-case cooperation only for serious crimes
- Maintain routine information-sharing and cooperation with ICE on enforcement
- Require full local cooperation with ICE detainers and immigration enforcement