Immigration and Customs Enforcement

A police drone program in Berkshire County's largest community is at the center of debate over surveillance, privacy, and civil rights.

About 95 people attended the Rensselaer County Legislature's public forum last week. Many called on Rensselaer County Sheriff Kyle Bourgault to end his 287(g) agreement with ICE.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James is asking a state court judge to terminate an agreement between the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A white man in a black van had pulled over, took photos of the workers, made a call, and then drove away. They assumed he was with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Lawmakers voted unanimously to call on the DHS and ICE not to build in Newburgh, but the move is mostly symbolic.

Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ramped up its deportation and detentions across the country, including in New York. While most people detained by ICE in the state were men, women detained by ICE are more likely to be transferred out of state, since there is no ICE detention facility for women in New York.

The Rensselaer County executive says he will ignore an order from New York Attorney General Letitia James to terminate his county’s agreement with ICE.

The Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office’s 287(g) agreement allows deputies to identify immigrants in county jail and initiate immigration proceedings on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

On May 28, a Venezuelan man living in Lake Placid began his morning walk to his truck, expecting a normal workday.

WAMC's David Guistina in conversation with Mike Goodwin, News Editor at The Times Union, a U.S. Department of Justice determination that New York state cannot enforce a state law unmasking ICE agents.