BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Lawmakers across New York are pushing the NY For All Act, a proposal that would sharply restrict how state and local officials collect and share immigration information and bar the use of public resources for federal immigration enforcement.

The immigration agency had barred elected officials from the holding facilities. A federal judge this week said they must be given access.

All eight judges worked out of immigration court offices at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, which is where Immigration and Customs Enforcement is headquartered in the city, the official told CBS News.

Federal ICE agents would be largely barred from arresting individuals who show up for immigration hearings under a proposal filed by a group of New York Democrats, who say the plan would "protect" non-criminal immigrants from deportation.

Hundreds of people had rallied for the family in New York City after they were separated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in November.

Attorney General Letitia James filed a brief supporting "immigration parole" programs—blocked by executive order—that help immigrants fleeing other countries because of dangerous conditions.

A judge said agents did the exact opposite of what they said they would do when they convinced a magistrate judge to give them a warrant

Pope Leo XIV has chosen Bishop Ronald Hicks as the next Archbishop of New York, a fellow Chicagoan who joined a chorus of Catholic bishops in criticizing the immigration raids by President Donald Trump's administration earlier this year.

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Governor Kathy Hochul and migrant advocacy groups said on Thursday that dozens of people were detained in parts of New York state after raids in Cato and Fulton by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement federal agents.

FILE - New York Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks after pleading not guilty outside the United States District Court on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, in Norfolk, Va ...