New York City won’t help deport immigrants or provide information on them, mayor says.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promised again Monday to oppose the federal government if any policy of President-elect Donald Trump undermines the rights of New Yorkers.
In a speech aimed at assuaging his supporters, Mr. de Blasio told a crowd at Cooper Union’s Great Hall that his administration wouldn’t help the federal government deport illegal immigrants or hand over information on illegal immigrants to Mr Trump’s administration. New York has about 500,000 illegal immigrants, according to city officials, and has procedures that shelter illegal immigrants from deportation. “We will use all the tools at our disposal to stand up for our people,” said Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat.
The mayor said his administration would sue to keep Muslims in New York from being required to register with the federal government if Mr Trump, a Republican, decides to proceed with a Muslim registry, which he proposed on the campaign trail. He said the New York Police Department won’t comply with any mandate for more aggressive stop-and-frisk policing.
Mr Trump has often mentioned the stop-and-frisk tactic, routinely used before Mr. de Blasio became mayor, as a way to reduce crime. NYPD officers still use the track but less frequently, and major crime keeps declining, records show.
WSJ
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