NYPD commissioner to officers: Disregard Trump’s immigrant deportation order
New York City will not comply with any warrants issued by federal immigration officials
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The commissioner of the New York Police Department is resisting President Donald Trump. Police officers in New York City will not comply with any warrants issued by federal immigration officials, Police Commissioner James O’Neill wrote in an internal memo reviewed by The New York Daily News.
“It is critical that everyone who comes into contact with the NYPD, regardless of their immigration status, be able to identify themselves or seek assistance without hesitation, anxiety or fear,” O’Neill wrote.
O’Neill added that the police department does not conduct civil immigration enforcement.
“Specifically, this department does not enforce administrative warrants issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement against or federal immigration judges solely in connection with civil immigration violations,” he continued.
The memo directly contradicted the orders from Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, who called for the deportation of undocumented immigrants who have committed a crime.