On Friday, a judge of the Supreme Court of Manhattan prevented the Adams administration from bringing federal immigration agents to Rikers Island.
The preliminary injunction will prevent immigration agents and customs application and other federal agencies from settling in the prison complex until the case, filed by the New York municipal council against the mayor and its administration, is resolved.
“New York City, which thrives as a global hub due to the large part of its reputation as being a welcoming home for immigrant communities around the world, risks having this good will and an invaluable reputation irreparably damaged following an executive decree reproduced from Mayor Adams, a conflict of interest alleged,” wrote Judge Mary Rosado.
The first deputy of the mayor, Randy Mastro, signed a decree in April to give the green light to federal agents to operate offices on Rikers. The council filed the complaint to challenge it a week later, arguing that the order was illegal and the “poisoned fruits” of a corrupt agreement with the Trump administration.
The chairman of the council, Adrienne Adams, who is currently presenting herself to the mayor, said in a statement that the decision was a “victory” that would protect the “excessive” Trump immigration.
“New Yorkers are counting on our city to protect their civil rights, and yet the mayor Adams tried to betray this obligation by putting power on our city at Trump’s ice because he is compromised,” she said. “This attempted negotiation negotiations to allow the ice to set up a center on the rikers would only do our city, and all New Yorkers, less safe.”
“We do not agree with the judge’s decision and we remain confident that we would finally prevail in this case,” Mastro said in a statement. “At no time, the judge disputes that the substance of our executive decree is fully in accordance with local law – this is because this is the case.
Trump’s expulsion efforts in New York have increased in recent weeks, the agents hiding in the city’s immigration palaces to stop immigrants who realize routine legal proceedings in their asylum affairs.
The mayor’s lawyers argued that the risks of imminent damage are only speculation. The judge wrote that she had noted this “dishonest” argument.
“This is akin to the police saying to a caller of the 911 that they will not help a victim who calls while a burglar will try to enter his house, but will be helped once the burglar enters his house,” Rosado wrote.
The judge also wrote that the Council was likely to succeed in showing that at least, the mayor seemed to conclude a corrupt agreement with the Trump administration by agreeing to bring Ice to Rikers.
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The Island Rikers prison complex is in New York with the horizon of Manhattan in the background on June 20, 2014 (AP Photo / Seth Wenig, file)
The mayor was charged with corruption accusations in September and is expected to be tried in April until the Ministry of Justice of President Trump has ordered the accusations that the accusations are abandoned, in part because they hinder Adams’ ability to help the immigration program in the president’s line.
This directive provoked waves of resignations within the Federal Court of Manhattan, including that of the lawyer of the time, Danielle Sassoon – who allegedly alleged that there was a counterpart between Adams and Trump.
Murad Awawdeh, president of New York Immigration Coalition, said that the decision would prevent “thousands” of pre -trial detention at Rikers from being expelled: “New York City should not be carrying out our local laws,” said Awawdeh.
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