Federal Judge Orders Mamdani's NYC To Comply With ICE Subpoena For Shelter Records Authored by David Manney via PJ Media , New York City fought to keep shelter records from ICE, even after the federal government accepted a screening process focused on people with serious criminal histories.
On November 6, Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered enforcement of the subpoena through a special master . City Hall had its objections heard. It lost. The dispute concerns a Bronx shelter and federal efforts to determine whether residents are subject to deportation.
The city argued that compliance would impose an improper investigative burden and undermine its sanctuary laws . Kaplan found insufficient support for its claim that ICE's purpose was political rather than investigative. Protecting private information is a legitimate duty.
Using privacy as a reason to reject an enforceable, supervised request requires more than an administration's dislike of the agency asking.