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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S09258Enacts the "facial identification and transparency in immigration enforcement act"; requires federal immigration enforcement agents to identify themselves as such when conducting enforcement activities.
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Immigration enforcementstate federal cooperationAI label
Requires ICE and other federal immigration agents to visibly display badges, not wear facial coverings (with limited exceptions), identify themselves on request, and subjects non-compliant enforcement to evidence exclusion in state courts plus civil penalties, so less effective immigration-enforcing
No agent, officer, or contractor acting on behalf of United States immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) or any other federal immigration enforcement agency shall conduct any enforcement activity within the state of New York unless such agent, officer, or contractor: (a) clearly displays a valid and current federal identification badge and credentials which are visible to the individual or individuals subject to enforcement; and (b) does not obscure or conceal such officer, agent, or contractor's face with a mask, shield, or any other facial covering unless required for safety due to an im
Creates state reporting duties, a hotline, attorney-general investigations, civil penalties, and presumptive exclusion of evidence from non-compliant federal immigration enforcement actions in state criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings.
Any evidence obtained during an enforcement action by a federal immigration enforcement agent who fails to comply with section ninety-four-c of the executive law shall be presumptively inadmissible in any criminal proceeding within New York state courts.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill imposes identification, visibility, and no-mask requirements on federal immigration agents, mandates state/local reporting of violations, creates penalties, and excludes evidence obtained in violation from state proceedings, all of which limit the practical scope and effectiveness of state-local cooperation with or facilitation of federal immigration enforcement.
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