Cuomo wants 'to do nothing to cooperate with ICE'
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo doesn't want to make it easy for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to do its job in New York.
"I want to do nothing to cooperate with ICE," Cuomo said in a radio interview on Tuesday. "I think they've trampled on constitutional rights."
The agency, which was folded into the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, has a mandate to protect national security and strengthen public safety. It has become the focus of national attention in recent years for its tactics and enforcement of polarizing policies.
Cuomo said the state should do anything "short of breaking the law" when dealing with the federal agency.
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