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A RESOLUTION of the New York State Democratic Committee

Calling for the Restraining of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Reaffirm our Support for the New York for All Act

January 30, 2026

WHEREAS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was created in 2003 as part of the post-9/11

Department of Homeland Security and has since operated with sweeping police powers, minimal oversight,

and a documented pattern of abuse against immigrant and non-immigrant communities alike;

WHEREAS, ICE agents, under the Trump Administration, have repeatedly detained, arrested, and surveilled

U.S. citizens as well as undocumented immigrants, including through racial profiling, mistaken identity, and

coercive enforcement tactics that amount to kidnappings under color of law;

WHEREAS, in the year 2026 alone, ICE operations under the supervision of Steven Miller, Secretary Kristi

Noem and Border Patrol Chief, Gregory Bovino has caused the death of at least eight individuals who have

died while in custody, including the horrific killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good; and

WHEREAS, ICE has conducted arrests without judicial warrants, entered homes and workplaces without

consent, and relied on deceptive practices, violating Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable

searches and seizures and Fifth Amendment guarantees of due process;

WHEREAS, the Trump administration’s actions in Minnesota represent a clear example of executive overreach

and a violation of our aforementioned rights; and

WHEREAS, ICE detention centers—many run by for-profit private prison corporations—have been widely

documented for unsafe conditions, medical neglect, abuse, and denial of legal access, resulting in preventable

deaths and severe harm;

WHEREAS, it has already been established by a chief federal judge in Minnesota that ICE had violated nearly

100 court orders stemming from its aggressive crackdown in the state and had disobeyed more judicial

directives in January alone than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence”; and

WHEREAS, ICE agents are not required to show their faces, which “erodes public trust in law enforcement

and makes it harder to hold individual officers accountable for any potential bad behavior”; and

WHEREAS, the Latiné community is being disproportionately targeted by ICE agents, accounting for nearly

three-quarters of arrests while making up just a quarter of the state's non-citizen population; and

WHEREAS, thousands of New Yorkers have already taken to the streets in protest to fight back against the

Trump administration’s ICE crackdown in Minnesota; and

WHEREAS, in 2025, Republicans in Congress allocated $75 billion for ICE alone, making it the highest-funded

federal law enforcement agency; and

WHEREAS, the continued funding of ICE by the U.S. Congress without appropriate constraints and legal

guardrails enables these violations to persist and expands an agency whose core function, as executed under

the Trump Administration, is incompatible with constitutional rights, human dignity, and community safety;

and

WHEREAS, U.S. Senators possess both the authority and the obligation to halt funding for ICE until such

constraints and legal guardrails, consistent with the United States Constitution shall be implemented; and

WHEREAS, ICE has become an agency that operates with violence, impunity and total disregard for human

and civilian life; and

THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED, that the NYS Democratic Committee supports a comprehensive restructuring

of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as it currently stands, including the transition from

ICE toward a model that safeguards human rights and due process, while recognizing the need for border

security; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that U.S. Senators are urged to oppose all funding for ICE, including through

Department of Homeland Security appropriations and continuing resolutions; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that U.S. Senators are called upon to introduce and support legislation to rein

in ICE, cease its detention and deportation machinery as currently operating, bringing all operations into full

compliance with all applicable laws and the United States Constitution, and invest instead in policies that

uphold constitutional rights, human dignity, and true community safety for all; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that The New York State Democratic Committee commends Governor Hochul’s

recent proposal to outlaw 287(g) agreements, which are formal cooperation agreements between local law

enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New York State Democratic Committee reaffirms its support for the

principles of the New York for All Act (NY4A). This legislation would prohibit state and local resources from

being used to aid most non-criminal federal immigration enforcement and ensure that New York is not

complicit in ICE’s violence.

Submitted January 30th 2026, by the following Members of the New York State Democratic Committee:

John Scott (Author) 34th AD, 11th JD, Queens County

Julio Peña III. (Author) 51st AD, 2nd JD, Kings County

Rachel Lavine 66th AD, 1st JD, New York County

Jaime Berman 76th AD, 1st JD, New York County

Carolina Korth 34th AD, 11th JD, Queens County

Benjamin Yee 66th AD, 1st JD, New York County

Jacqui Painter 51st AD, 2nd JD, Kings County

Marti G. Cummings 75th AD, 1st JD, New York County

Leslie Berliant 102nd AD, 6th JD, Otsego County

William Rivera Jr. 122th AD, 6th JD, Otsego County

Robin Wilt 136th AD, 7th JD, Monroe County

Aaron Ouyang 52nd AD, 2nd JD, Kings County

Luke Ohlson 50th AD, 2nd JD, Kings County

Angela Kravtchenko 46th AD, 2nd JD, Kings County

Alana Sawchuk 106th AD, JD 9, Dutchess County

Caitlin Ogden 121st AD, 6th JD, Otsego County

Erica Vladimer 76th AD, 1st JD, New York County

Lydia Green 52nd AD, 2nd JD, Kings County

Nicole Doliner 9th AD, 9th JD, Rockland County

Joan Davis 124th AD, 6th JD, Tioga County

Cynthia M Appleton 147th AD, 8th JD, Wyoming County

Rita Manton 30th AD, 11th JD, Queens County

Abbie Hodgson 106th AD, 3rd JD, Columbia County

Cari Gardner 102nd AD, 3rd JD, Schoharie County

Lee F Jamison 107th AD, 3rd JD, Columbia County

Monica (Mona) Perrotti 122th AD, 5th JD, Oneida County

Zak Constantine 101st AD, 9th JD, Orange County

Gordon M. Boyd 113th AD, 4th JD, Saratoga County

Anthony Feliciano 74th AD, 1st JD, New York County

Victoria Gearity 95th AD, 9th JD, Westchester County

Francine Haselkorn 75th AD, 1st JD, New York County

Gina Ironside 97th AD, 2nd JD, Rockland County

Dean R. Corbin 125th AD, 3rd JD, Cortland County

William Thickstun 122th AD, 5th JD, Oneida County

Karen Ash 148th AD, 8th JD, Allegany County

Barbara Post 131st AD, 7th JD, Cayuga County

Marcia Westling Johnson 150th AD, 8th JD, Chautauqua County

Nobles Crawford 71st AD, 1st JD, New York County

Maria Kaufer 28th AD, 11th JD, Queens County

Christopher Hanse 102nd AD, 6th JD, Greene County

Judith Hunter 133rd AD, 7th JD, Livingston County

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