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Hochul announces the 287(g) ban has taken effect statewide
Official announcement, Aug 25, 2026: the statewide ban on 287(g) agreements contained in the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act — signed in May 2026 as part of a broader immigration package — is now in effect. This is the state's own framing of the deadline the tracker has been following since the law was signed.
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Fox News · Sep 13, 2026After the pardon mooted Genalo v. Black, Solicitor General Sauer says the Trump administration will seek an "alternative vehicle" to challenge the Second Circuit's bond-hearing ruling; Iowa's solicitor general calls the pardon "pretty wild," and Hochul's office had not commented as of Sept. 12SCOTUSblog (Kelsey Dallas) · Sep 12, 2026Hochul's Aug. 28 pardon of Keisy Guerrero Mariano moots a Supreme Court immigration-detention case: on Sept. 11 the justices dismissed Genalo v. Black, set for argument Oct. 13, after Solicitor General Sauer and the ACLU jointly stipulated the pardon ended his deportabilityWAMC Northeast Public Radio (Grant Ashley) · Sep 11, 2026Rensselaer County Legislature takes a "wait and see" line on the sheriff's 287(g) agreement after a record 95 people packed its public forum; a Democratic legislator says a non-binding resolution to drop the lawsuit is unlikely to moveGovernor's office (rush transcript) · Sep 8, 2026At the West Indian Day Parade breakfast, Hochul says New York will "never, ever, ever support the overreach of ICE" and tells the crowd to "watch the mail": the $1B POWER utility rebate checks go out "over the next couple of weeks"
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