New York Governor Backs State Restrictions On ICE

We just learned about this

and yet Governor Kathy wants to protect illegals

Governor Hochul provides update on immigration enforcement proposals, with mixed reaction

State lawmakers passed a third and fourth budget extender this week, pushing back the State Budget deadline until April 20th, nearly three weeks past the April 1st due date.

As lawmakers on Thursday passed the most recent extension, Governor Kathy Hochul presented her side of the immigration debate, formally voicing support for a mask ban on immigration enforcement officials.

“I want to make sure that ICE agents can no longer hide behind a mask while violating innocent Americans, proposing a ban on face coverings for State, local and Federal law enforcement officers,” the Governor said. “They’ll no longer be able to conceal their identities while interacting with the public. They had not done it before, other federal agencies like FBI and DEA, they don’t do it. Local law enforcement doesn’t do it. So, why should ICE have the ability to do something that we otherwise don’t allow for other individuals law enforcement? So if you’re enforcing the law, you should not be hiding from that.”

But, Antifa and other Demo voting loons can still wear face coverings as they commit mayhem and violence, eh, Kathy?

The Governor’s proposal mirrors legislation proposed in July by Albany State Senator Pat Fahy (D) and Manhattan Assemblymember Tony Simone (D), called the Mandating End of Lawless Tactics (MELT) Act (S.8462 Fahy/A.8908 Simone). That legislation would also ban the use of face coverings along with plainclothes by ICE and other federal enforcement agents during civilian immigration actions conducted in New York State.

“We need to make a strong statement, armed masked federal agents doing what appear to be abductions on our city streets, our main streets is just unacceptable, and this is New York,” Fahy told CBS6 on Thursday. “Here in New York, we value transparency. We have spent hundreds of millions in helping local and state enforcement agencies buy the body cams because it helps protect the agents, the law enforcement agent, as well as individuals on the street in these encounters. So transparency matters. The other thing is, when you have armed masked agents on our streets unidentified, you are undermining local law enforcement, and anyone local or state will tell you, you need community interaction and support in order to solve crime. So it is just no longer a viable excuse for not having full transparency.”

And calling lawful detainment of illegal aliens “abductions” entices the wacko element of the Dem party to go loony against federal agents. You know, maybe it was a really bad idea to back Biden as he let millions of illegals in, let millions of fake asylum seekers in, and millions on TPS, adding to the tens of millions already here, because it meant that Trump would go full bore on allowing federal law enforcement to go after them in massive operations. Of course, they didn’t think Trump would get elected (again).

Oh, and good luck with the mask thing. You have not the power.