New York legislators say a loophole in federal funding is undermining the state's widely praised new ban on local police cooperation with ICE, warning that county sheriffs are still detaining immigrants for handover to US Border Patrol despite the law taking effect on Tuesday.
While the Local Cops Local Crimes Act formally blocks local agencies from working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, lawmakers argue that a separate federal grant programme is paying some forces to continue civil immigration enforcement through a different channel.
