The good news: The Trump administration is still rounding up bad hombres in New York, nabbing a whopping 100 criminal migrants in the first week.
The bad news: Not everyone is happy about it.
Albany politicians are in a tizzy, arguing over when and how much the state should get in ICE’s way. It’s pure madness.
The migrants getting scooped by the feds are kidnappers, sexual assaulters, murders and Tren de Aragua gangbangers — the worst-of-the-worst. Getting these sickos out of New York shouldn’t be controversial, it’s common sense.
But while some sane-minded members of the Legislature are advocating to allow local law enforcement to give more information to the feds, progressive pols are pushing a bill, widely supported by Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly, that would encode catastrophic “sanctuary” policies into state law.
The “New York For All Act” would ban state employees from inquiring about immigration status or sharing information with ICE, would ban federal employees from entering the non-public areas of state buildings without a judicial warrant and would bar the use of any public resources for “immigration enforcement.”
Yes, that includes cops.
That will result in more cases like Jesus Romero-Hernandez, a Mexican migrant who got cut loose from Tompkins County jail after pleading guilty to third-degree assault charges despite having a federal warrant out for his arrest. Thankfully, the feds picked him up anyway; but if lefties get their way, other thugs like him will slip through the nets.
Parts of the bill are already state policy, thanks to executive orders signed by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2017 and 2018.
But Gov. Hochul could — should — nix those with a few strokes of a pen.
And, if necessary, veto the prog-sponsored bill, which would prohibit even non-sanctuary jurisdictions from cooperating with ICE, hamstringing the effort to rid the state of violent criminals.
As is her wont, she’s simply saying she’ll review the legislation if it hits her desk — a cowardly cop-out.
Even as she postures for the public, sensibly saying Monday, “It’s our responsibility to make sure that people who are criminals, especially serious criminals, are removed from our society.”
For once, governor, just stand up for sanity: Kill Cuomo’s disastrous order, vow unending opposition to the “New York For All” poison and tell the progressives to quit putting the well-being of violent lawbreakers over the safety of New Yorkers.
That shouldn’t be up for debate.
