The Buffalo Chronicle
Immigration
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Halton-Pope moves to write Buffalo’s limits on ICE cooperation into city law
A Common Council resolution would direct Corporation Counsel to codify Mayor Sean Ryan’s January executive order barring city resources from federal civil immigration enforcement, with quarterly reports to the Council.
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Divided 5th Circuit says detained immigrants have no right to bond hearings as Supreme Court takes up Buffalo case
The full 5th Circuit ruled 10-7 that immigrants who were never admitted have no constitutional right to a bond hearing. The Supreme Court has already agreed to hear a related case against…
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Kennedy presses DHS on Batavia detention expansion as the administration points to Albany and the 2024 vote
Rep. Tim Kennedy wants answers by Nov. 2 on a roughly $16.7 million ICE expansion in Batavia. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says voters backed mass deportations, and ICE says New York’s…
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DHS letter called Batavia’s planned women’s unit ‘hard-sided’; a same-day ICE contract entry describes a $7.2 million ‘soft-sided tent facility’
DHS told Rep. Tim Kennedy on Sept. 29 that construction of a ‘hard-sided’ 100-bed unit in Batavia hadn’t begun. The same day, ICE obligated $7.18 million for a ‘soft-sided tent facility’ for…
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Ukrainians’ TPS reaches its deadline with DHS saying a decision will come ‘at the appropriate time’
Ukraine’s Temporary Protected Status hit its Oct. 19 end date with no federal decision, leaving about 101,000 Ukrainians nationwide protected only by a government web alert. The same day, Trump said someone…
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Justice Department warns California officials that counting ballots from 20,000 flagged noncitizens could expose them to prosecution; New York’s voter-roll case is on appeal
The Justice Department says California officials who count ballots from 20,000 “likely” noncitizens risk prosecution. A federal judge in Albany threw out its demand for New York’s voter rolls in July, and…
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Trump keeps 2027 refugee ceiling at 17,500, prioritizing Afrikaners the White House says face persecution; Buffalo resettlement stays low
The 2027 refugee ceiling stays at 17,500, mostly for Afrikaners, after a year in which all but five of 16,292 admitted refugees came from South Africa. Here is what that means for…
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North Tonawanda traffic stop that ended in Border Patrol arrests is under state review
The attorney general’s office is reviewing a complaint over an Oct. 7 North Tonawanda traffic stop that ended with Border Patrol arresting three roofing workers. The police chief says it was a…
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Federal judge dismisses Justice Department suit over New York City sanctuary laws, rules an information-sharing law unconstitutional
A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department’s suit against New York City’s sanctuary laws and held that 8 U.S.C. § 1373 violates the Tenth Amendment. It is the second such loss in…
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Niagara County weighs suing Albany over immigration law it says shields noncitizen voting, though the law exempts election work
The Niagara County Legislature votes Tuesday on suing the state over a new limit on helping immigration agents, arguing it protects ‘illegal non-citizen voting.’ The law itself exempts voter registration and election…
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DHS records on Batavia ICE expansion redact the bed count and describe the structure as both hard- and soft-sided
Documents released by Rep. Tim Kennedy show a $16.7 million no-bid contract for a women’s detention structure in Batavia. The bed count is redacted, and DHS and ICE describe the building differently.
