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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S08523Protects New Yorkers from unnecessary inquiry into immigration status by state agencies, employees, or departments and restricts the access of federal immigration authorities' to state buildings.
Limits state and local inquiries into immigration status and bars sharing information with federal authorities for civil immigration enforcement (except when required by law or judicial warrant), so less immigration enforcement by state government.
State officers and employees, including law enforcement officers, shall not disclose information to federal immigration authorities for the purpose of federal civil immigration enforcement, unless required by law or judicial warrant or order.
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Prohibits law enforcement from using resources to detect or apprehend people for civil immigration offenses and bars police action based solely on undocumented status, so less cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Law enforcement officers shall not use state resources, equipment, or personnel for the purpose of detecting and apprehending any individual suspected of or wanted only for violating a civil immigration offense.
Requires a judicial warrant or order for federal immigration authorities to execute a civil arrest inside state facilities (unless related to a proceeding there), so restricts state facilitation of federal immigration enforcement actions.
A civil arrest by federal immigration authorities shall only be executed within state facilities when accompanied by a judicial warrant or judicial order authorizing such federal immigration authorities to take into custody the person who is the subject of such warrant, unless such civil arrest is related to a proceeding within such facility.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds restrictions on state agencies inquiring about immigration status, prohibits sharing information or using resources for federal civil immigration enforcement (with limited exceptions), and limits federal immigration arrests in state buildings without a judicial warrant. All provisions substantively address immigration-enforcement topics by reducing state and local cooperation with and facilitation of federal enforcement.
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