ICE agents have operated in New York with impunity for months now, and the best response many of our elected officials seem to offer is talk about what they want to do, rather than what they are doing, to protect New Yorkers.

Take, for instance, US Reps. Dan Goldman, Nydia Velázquez and Adriano Espaillat, who on Monday announced their introduction of a bill to prevent ICE agents from arresting immigrants in federal court.

The three Congress members have been vocal in their opposition to masked ICE agents manhandling and arresting law-abiding immigrants appearing at court-ordered hearings at 26 Federal Plaza; they have also been repeatedly turned away by federal agents when they sought to inspect areas where immigrants were being detained.

And while their activism is appreciated, the bil

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