Good news for immigrants in New York

• June, 12 2020 à 14:43
• R. Dorsainvil
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NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — New York Attorney General Letitia James and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez have won a major victory against the Trump Administration that prevents the Administration's practice of arresting Caribbean and other immigrants in and around New York state courthouses in a manner that interferes with the state's administration of justice.
Judge Jed Rakoff, of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, granted James and Gonzalez's motion for summary judgement to immediately end the Trump Administration's policy that allowed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to interfere with New York state case proceedings.
“Our victory over the Trump Administration's over-policing policies ensures the important work happening in local courts will continue undeterred without the targeting of immigrants seeking access to our courts,” James said.
“By allowing federal agents to interfere with state and local cases, the Trump Administration endangered the safety of every New Yorker, while targeting immigrants,” she added. “All New Yorkers — immigrant or not — can sleep better tonight knowing justice can continue to be carried out.”
James thanked Gonzalez for his “invaluable partnership in bringing this lawsuit forward and fighting for New York's immigrant community”.
Gonzalez said that, for more than three years, he has been calling on ICE to stop its “unconscionable practice of conducting immigration raids in and around our courthouses because they jeopardise public safety.
“But the Trump Administration only escalated this unlawful and dangerous tactic, creating a chilling effect in immigrant communities, which discouraged victims and witnesses from reporting crimes and participating in the legal process,” he said.