“In New York, there are no barriers to law enforcement to work with the federal government on immigration laws, and there are 100 crimes where migrants can be handed over.”
What PolitiFact found
Some cooperation can happen between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. But legal precedents and state and city laws prohibit cooperation in many instances.
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In short
Kathy Hochul (Governor of New York) made this claim around 22 February 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 March 2024, 36 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Kathy Hochul has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q6IahfxZ20&t=530s
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