State Bans NY Agencies From Quizzing Individuals on Immigration Status
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Friday banning state agencies and New York state police from inquiring about individuals' immigration status.
September 15, 2017 at 06:02 PM
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Amid national debate over immigration, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sept. 15 issued an executive order barring state agencies and state police from asking about an individual's immigration status.
Under the executive order, state agencies will be prohibited from asking about immigration status unless it's required by law or necessary to determine eligibility for a benefit, the governor's office said in a news release. The executive order also prohibits law enforcement officials from asking about immigration status unless they are investigating illegal criminal activity. “As Washington squabbles over rolling back sensible immigration policy, we are taking action to help protect all New Yorkers from unwarranted targeting by government,” Cuomo said in a statement. “New York became the Empire State due to the contributions of immigrants from every corner of the globe and we will not let the politics of fear and intimidation divide us.”
Cuomo's executive order comes weeks after the Trump administration announced the end of an Obama-era immigration program, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA, that shields from deportation undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children and grants them work permits. DACA recipients whose authorization expired before early March, when the program is slated to end, have until October to renew their working permits.
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