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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S02538Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".
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Immigration enforcementstate federal cooperationAI label
Requires police, courts, and correctional facilities to notify and share information with ICE about noncitizens upon arrest, conviction, or prior to release, so more immigration enforcement.
the police officer or local law enforcement agency where the intake was performed shall forward copies of such fingerprints and associated reports detailing the arrest to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Repeals provisions of the 'protect our courts act' that had limited cooperation with federal immigration authorities, so more immigration enforcement.
to repeal certain provisions of the penal law, the civil rights law and the judiciary law, in relation to repealing provisions of the "protect our courts act"
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill mandates notification and data sharing by law enforcement, courts, and jails with ICE regarding noncitizens at multiple stages (arrest, conviction, release), directly expanding state-federal cooperation in immigration enforcement. It also repeals key parts of the 2020 Protect Our Courts Act (including Penal Law 70.15(1-a), Civil Rights Law 28, and related Judiciary Law sections), which had restricted such cooperation, further expanding enforcement. Sentence adjustments for misdemeanors are noted but do not affect any tracked topic.
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