New York State Senator Pete Harckham (S.D. 40) and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) introduced legislation on Dec. 3 which aims to protect residents from civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from polling places in New York State. According to the both Harckham and Dinowitz, civil arrests supported by a judicial warrant or a court will still be allowable under this new bill, however.

They said the new bill was prompted by numerous extrajudicial arrests being made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents around the country. They said those arrests, in homes, workplaces, schools, college campuses and immigration courts, along with traffic stops on roadways, have included citizens and non-citizens alike, green card holders, asylum seekers and childr

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