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Gov. Hochul accuses ICE of exploiting loopholes in her new sanctuary law with upstate NY detention facilities
NY Post ^ | 7/13/26 | Vaughn Golden

Posted on 07/14/2026 5:17:15 AM PDT by Libloather

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul is once again stamping her feet, accusing federal immigration authorities of overreach for allegedly planning to expand detention facilities in upstate New York.

In a letter to US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Hochul is demanding answers from ICE about a rumored lease on a warehouse in the Hudson Valley near Newburgh, as well as plans to expand detention capacity at federal facilities in Rochester and Batavia.

“New Yorkers, like all Americans, deserve honest answers about what their federal government is doing in their communities. And I demand your department provide that transparency,” Hochul asserts in the letter.

Her and lefty New York Democrats have been under renewed fire from President Trump and senior White House officials like border czar Tom Homan after passing a sweeping set of sanctuary policies as part of the state budget earlier this year.

“Governor Hochul policies of not cooperating with ICE put New Yorkers in danger. When politicians bar local law enforcement from working with DHS, our law enforcement officers have to have a more visible presence so that we can find and apprehend the criminals let out of jails and back into communities. Seven of the top 10 safest cities in the United States cooperate with ICE,” ICE Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis wrote in a statement to The Post.

“Instead of working with us, Governor Hochul is choosing to RELEASE violent criminals from her jails directly back into our communities to perpetrate more crimes and create more victims,” the ICE statement continued, noting that it would respond to Hochul privately.

“DHS responds to official correspondence through official channels.”

The immigration package included specific measures preventing local governments from permitting ICE to use their detention facilities.

Hochul stopped short of accusing ICE of violating any...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: detention; hochul; loopholes; sanctuary
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1 posted on 07/14/2026 5:17:15 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

DOJ should empanel a few Grand Juries with the goal of indicting some “public officials” for aiding and abetting along with deliberate interference with Federal officers.

L


2 posted on 07/14/2026 5:20:31 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. LOL l)
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To: Libloather

You don’t have jurisdiction sweet cheeks. The feds do.

Remember when Arizona tried to enforce immigration law under Obama and the SCOTUS ruled against them saying only the feds had control over US immigration law? Yeah? Well suck on it Hochul. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.


3 posted on 07/14/2026 5:21:01 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Libloather

She should be in GITMO


4 posted on 07/14/2026 5:22:25 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Death to the DEATH TO AMERICA, Democrats.)
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To: Libloather

“ Her and lefty New York Democrats have been …”

Are there no editors at the Post?


5 posted on 07/14/2026 5:22:59 AM PDT by bwest
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To: bwest

None who speak English as a first language.


6 posted on 07/14/2026 5:37:15 AM PDT by ARGGHH
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To: Libloather
Gov. Hochul accuses ICE of exploiting loopholes in her new sanctuary law with upstate NY detention facilities Governors don't make laws, legislatures do.
7 posted on 07/14/2026 5:41:43 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Libloather

New Yawk’s Original Skanky Karen. She needs to resign and go home to bake cookies.


8 posted on 07/14/2026 5:52:57 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If two jackasses sneak onto a thoroughbred breeding farm, they'll still throw another jackass.)
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To: Libloather

They shouldn’t have to use loopholes. What is wrong with these Dems.


9 posted on 07/14/2026 6:04:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Libloather

HOCHUL IS “WORRIED” ABOUT WHAT ICE IS DOING-—BUT SHE DOESN’T APPEAR TO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHAT THE ILLEGALS ARE DOING


10 posted on 07/14/2026 6:06:19 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Libloather

“New Yorkers, like all Americans, deserve honest answers about what their federal government is doing in their communities. “

New Yorkers deserve honest state government. Something lacking for decades.
That honesty should extend to federal jurisdiction and most importantly to majority election results.
TRUMP WON with a promise to round up and deport all the illegals Biden’s handlers shuffled into our country.


11 posted on 07/14/2026 6:09:18 AM PDT by Donbue
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To: Libloather

There was a time when Hochul was the sane Democrat who tried to work with Republicans. I guess Mamdani has her running scared because she has been singing loudly from the DSA hymnal recently.


12 posted on 07/14/2026 6:17:12 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Along with the other commie traitors.


13 posted on 07/14/2026 6:24:47 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Libloather

Hochul is just blaming everyone else for issues she prefers to ignore since she is in over her head. She never should have been Governor.


14 posted on 07/14/2026 6:28:20 AM PDT by chopperk (,)
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To: Libloather

Gov. Kathy Hovel


15 posted on 07/14/2026 6:39:27 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Lurker

“Ahem, this is enforcement of Federal law, pi$$ off”


16 posted on 07/14/2026 7:16:14 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: Libloather
"Her and lefty New York Democrats have been..."

Ugh. Ignorant youngster "writer."

For those of us old enough to remember being taught about similes...


17 posted on 07/14/2026 7:21:07 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (.)
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To: Libloather
New Yorkers deserve answers Governor over why there are still about 2,000 National Guardsmen working in New York State's prisons after you fired Correctional Officers for going out on strike in early 2024, due to unsafe working conditions caused by shortages of staff around the state, and you forcing officers to work 24 hour shifts on a regular basis because of those staff shortages. 24 hour shifts are only allowed when emergency situations arise at a prison. Not hiring enough guards is an emergency you caused yourself.

To try to alleviate this problem, you lowered the hiring age from 21 to 18 despite the job requiring mandatory weapons training as the job has Peace Officer status with 8 weeks of academy training. In NY State, you can't own a gun until you are 21.

18 posted on 07/14/2026 11:01:57 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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