Big "if" there. Hasn't NY already said they wouldn't turn them over, along with every other state in the North East?
That's not the point. Once the illegals "come out of the shadows" by essentially registering as illegals, they are vulnerable to future actions. The times they are a changing" as the public is now becoming more aware of and incensed by this issue. If 72% of New Yorkers, a very blue state, are against it, elected officials need to be concerned.