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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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.
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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.
She should be in GITMO
“ Her and lefty New York Democrats have been …”
Are there no editors at the Post?
None who speak English as a first language.
New Yawk’s Original Skanky Karen. She needs to resign and go home to bake cookies.
They shouldn’t have to use loopholes. What is wrong with these Dems.
HOCHUL IS “WORRIED” ABOUT WHAT ICE IS DOING-—BUT SHE DOESN’T APPEAR TO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHAT THE ILLEGALS ARE DOING
“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.
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.
Along with the other commie traitors.
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.
Gov. Kathy Hovel
“Ahem, this is enforcement of Federal law, pi$$ off”
Ugh. Ignorant youngster "writer."
For those of us old enough to remember being taught about similes...
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.
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