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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A02046Requires residents of the state, who are foreign refugees, to register with the office of temporary and disability assistance; directs such office to provide registration information to the office of children and family services, the department of health, the office for new Americans, the department of law, the division of state police, the NYC police department, county sheriff's offices, municipal police departments, and the division of homeland security and emergency services; directs the office for new Americans to conduct background screenings of all refugees who register; requires refugee resettlement agencies to submit quarterly reports to the bureau of refugee and immigrant assistance on the refugees to whom it provides assistance, and to monitor the activities of such refugees for a certain period of time; directs the division of homeland security and emergency services to develop and implement a plan to ensure compliance by refugee resettlement agencies.
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Requires refugees to register with state agency, mandates sharing of all registration data (including fingerprints) with state police, local law enforcement, sheriffs, and homeland security, and requires background screenings shared with law enforcement, increasing state and local role in monitoring
the office of temporary and disability assistance shall forward a copy of the registration record of each refugee who registered during the preceding month, to the office of children and family services, the department of health, the office for new Americans, the department of law, the division of state police, and the division of homeland security and emergency services.
Imposes state registration, fingerprinting, quarterly reporting by resettlement agencies on refugee demographics and benefits, and ongoing monitoring by agencies until permanent residency, expanding state oversight of refugees
Each refugee resettlement agency shall monitor refugees who have registered with the office of temporary and disability assistance pursuant to subdivision nine of section twenty of the social services law until such time as a refugee is granted permanent resident status by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds multiple new state requirements for refugee registration, fingerprinting, mandatory background screenings with results shared to law enforcement agencies, quarterly demographic and benefits reporting by resettlement agencies, and agency monitoring of refugees until they obtain permanent residency. These provisions expand the scope of state and local immigration-related enforcement, oversight, and data-sharing with police and security agencies. No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, or abortion.
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