Customers and Border Protection

(Airs 09/19/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Democratic Congressman Tim Kennedy defends his bill to hire thousands more Customs and Border Protection agents, we’ll speak with Dr. Lee Miringoff, Director of the Marist Poll about the latest numbers on the NYC Mayoral race, and the four Democrats hoping to challenge New York Congressman Mike Lawler took part in a forum this week.

Wilmer Chavarria has been a naturalized citizen of the U.S. since 2018 and the superintendent of the Winooski, Vermont School District for two years. Last week, as he returned from a visit to his family in Nicaragua, he was detained at the Houston airport and questioned for nearly 5 hours.

The Ulster County executive signed an executive order Wednesday concerning cooperation with federal immigration officials. The order was prompted, in…