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.

On Monday, the Newburgh Town Board unanimously approved a resolution opposing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's use of a warehouse at 800 Corporate Drive Boulevard.

Documents that surfaced last week indicate that the U.S. General Services Administration is leasing a warehouse at 800 Corporate Blvd. in the town of Newburgh that could be used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

WAMC's David Guistina in conversation with Mike Goodwin, News Editor at The Times Union, about a standout student athlete for Georgia’s Savannah State University being taken by ICE in Clifton Park.

The U.S. General Services Administration is seeking 67 parking spaces in a secure space that includes ports big enough for “detainee buses and vans" according to documents.