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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S01359Creates the "Dignity for Immigrants in New York State Act", prohibiting detention of individuals based only on the violation of federal immigration laws.
Prohibits state and local law enforcement from detaining people whose only violation is federal immigration law (with narrow exceptions for certain state crimes), so less immigration enforcement.
A law enforcement agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state shall not detain persons otherwise eligible for release from custody whose only violation of law is that they are persons of foreign citizenship who have entered or are residing in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws in Title 8 of the United States code;
Prohibits state and local law enforcement from detaining people whose only violation is federal immigration law (with narrow exceptions for certain state crimes), so less immigration enforcement.
A law enforcement agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state shall not detain persons otherwise eligible for release from custody whose only violation of law is that they are persons of foreign citizenship who have entered or are residing in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws in Title 8 of the United States code;
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a sanctuary-style prohibition on state/local detention based solely on federal immigration violations (with exceptions for recent violent or specified misdemeanors), directly limiting immigration enforcement cooperation and detention practices.
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