I think his expectation is that ICE can just round up people, haul them away, and sort them out later. If some end up getting deported wrongly, well, that's how it works. I think that's what he has in mind.

Also, let's say the ICE people pick someone up who is here without documentation, but that there are a bunch of people living in the same place he lives. Why not just take them all in. You know, if they're here legally, they can prove that and won't get deported. But, of course, people don't carry around proof that they're here legally all the time. So, some are going to get deported anyhow. No big deal, they're going to say. They can work it out later.

Trump doesn't believe in the "innocent until proven guilty thing," you see. Not when it comes to migrants, anyhow.

I expect a lot of people are going to get deported who shouldn't be deported. I think that's the plan.

I think it's rather guys like him are a priority.

They should be a priority for deportation. Seems like the city is doing everything they can to protect them from being deported. Why?

Is that what the residents of NYC want in their neighborhoods? Child molesters?

removing people for deportation is not as simple as rounding up people by groups.

I can't imagine that anyone would advocate for protecting convicted sex criminals. In fact, the question that comes to my mind is why are they on the street and not in jail?

I also wonder if the home countries of convicted criminals would accept them back. Then what do we do with them after they complete serving a sentence?

"I can't imagine that anyone would advocate for protecting convicted sex criminals. In fact, the question that comes to my mind is why are they on the street and not in jail?"

The purpose of the NYC non cooperation policy with ICE is to prevent family separations, protect naturalized citizens from over zealous ICE agents, protect people born here whose parents are/were immigrants from zealous roundups, keep dreamers from being lumped in with other immigrants, protect asylum seekers whose cases are still pending, protect people who have legal green card status from being rounded up indiscriminately by anti immigrant vigilantes.

When an immigrant is convicted of a serious crime, NYC could notify ICE, if there is no appeal. There is a possibility that appeals would be filed as a delaying tactic, but if they lose the appeal, they still get deported. Since anti immigrant feeling could result in a wrongful conviction, the appeal option should be available.

I don't know what the penalty is for any police that break that law by informing ICE, but assuming it might be grounds for firing and criminal prosecution.

Sure the law could be changed to exempt people convicted of crimes, but it wasn't written that way when it was passed 10 years ago and hasn't been changed.

No possibility that lawmakers could discuss an amendment with ICE regarding convicted criminals, and which convictions would apply, i.e. misdemeanors vs. felonies?

What does the specific law state? Do you have a link to it?

Angry Trumpers are going to take the law into their own hands like the El Paso Wal-Mart mass shooter