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| City Council Getting Involved In Immigration, DOC Relations |
| By feetintwoworlds.org |
| Published: 11/12/2010 |
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NEW YORK—In an overcrowded hearing room, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn along with the Council’s Immigration Committee Chair, Daniel Dromm and the Fire and Criminal Justice Services Chair, Elizabeth Crowley, held an oversight hearing to better understand the relationship between the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding undocumented immigrants sent to the Rikers Island jail. Quinn started the hearing by saying that the council understands that the goal of the relationship is based on public safety and that obviously they don’t want to put New York City residents at risk, but that many concerns have been raised over the way DOC works with ICE, going “far beyond its actual work.” Quinn was followed by testimony from Commissioner of Corrections Dora B. Schriro, and then the discussion began in earnest. Answering Quinn’s questions, Schriro stated, among other things, that even though ICE officers have been at Rikers for almost 20 years, there was no formal agreement between ICE and DOC. Schriro said that the DOC adheres to Executive Order 41, issued by Mayor Bloomberg in 2003, which ensures that city workers keep immigrants’ immigration status confidential. Read More. |
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