Brooklyn DA and New York AG call for ICE to stop courthouse raids
William Siguencia Hurtado testified in two Brooklyn homicide cases, resulting in five convictions. In June, federal law enforcement ripped him away from his wife and two kids for living undocumented in the U.S.
Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman demanded Thursday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stay out of New York courts and stop arresting immigrants like Hurtado.
“The federal authorities claim they are making America safe again, but the truth is that their immigration enforcement policies are making all of us less safe,” Gonzalez said in a statement.