The bill would dissolve contracts that allow federal immigration authorities to use county jails, but would leave more informal collaboration with local law enforcement untouched.

Some officials and residents in Cheektowaga want a broader overhaul of their cops’ interactions with immigration agents.

A sweeping child care expansion and opposition to President Trump have united them, but significant divisions remain.

Immigrant rights advocates and some lawmakers welcomed her proposals, but said that the measures don’t go far enough.

Here’s what our reporters will be watching for during Governor Kathy Hochul’s agenda-setting address that will kick off state budget negotiations.

In at least one case, police may have violated a state court ruling prohibiting local law enforcement from conducting civil immigration enforcement.

The ruling allows young immigrants who have suffered abuse and neglect to apply for protections from deportation — at least for now.

The conservative Democrat is sounding more like her progressive colleagues as she tries to protect immigrant constituents from the Trump administration.

State officials and local activists may be more influential, but the mayor still has a role to play.

After nearly three months behind bars, Carlos Guerra Leon spent an extra night in a Louisiana detention center after officers and local ICE officials said they didn’t get the court’s order.

The Trump administration is slapping unaccompanied teenagers with fees for crossing the border.

As legislators brace for more ICE arrests, they’re scrambling to figure out how to respond.

Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.”

Some immigrants held in county jails are struggling to access legal advice, phone calls, and even their own court hearings.

An entire season has come and nearly gone, and Wafler Farms still isn’t following its union contract.

The Trump administration’s lack of clarity about when and how to pay new fees sparked chaos and misinformation among immigrants with pending asylum applications.

The initiative to resettle asylum seekers outside New York City reached half the targeted number of familes. ICE has deported some participants.

The Migrant Relocation Assistance Program helped families leave crowded shelters and put down roots. Trump’s immigration crackdown is upending that.

Three months after the state legislature ended session without passing immigration protections, 15 elected officials faced down arrest to protest ICE and state inaction.

So far this year, the state’s county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.