Lefty laws protect NYC migrants who beat cops from getting deported, congresswoman says

Lefty-leaning state and city laws will make it difficult for the migrant goons who jumped two of New York’s Finest to be sent packing, a local pol told The Post on Sunday.

Laws pushed through by Democratic lawmakers in recent years bar city cops and state troopers from working with federal immigration officials when they try to boot dangerous migrants, said US Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island).

And that includes the migrant mob that attacked the NYPD.

“New York City kicked [US Immigration and Customs Enforcement] out of Rikers [Island] and prohibited the NYPD from cooperating with any detainers,” Malliotakis fumed.

“All these laws in New York that prohibit everyone from cooperating with federal immigration agents should be repealed,” she added.

Malliotakis represented Staten Island in the state assembly and unsuccessfully ran for mayor.

Hochul told reporters last week that the migrant mob that jumped the NYPD cops on Jan. 27 should be rounded up and deported, saying, “Get them all and send them back.”

Meanwhile, Adams echoed the call in an interview with WPIX last week.

“Those migrants who are here because they want to be part of the American dream, we say ‘yes’ to that,” Adams told the outlet. “But those who are breaking our laws, we need to reexamine the laws that don’t allow us to deport them, because they are doing violent acts. We cannot create an atmosphere where you’re going to bring violence in our city.”

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis told The Post that New York state and New York City laws make it difficult to deport any migrants that break the law. Ron Sachs – CNP for NY Post

A group of migrants assaulted two NYPD officers in Times Square in January. DCPI

But a bill signed into law in 2014 by former Mayor Bill de Blasio dramatically limited the Big Apple’s cooperation with federal immigration officials.

In 2018, de Blasio took it further by issuing citywide guidance and new NYPD protocols to codify the City’s policy of not cooperating with federal immigration enforcement activities.

Malliotakis said Sunday that a 2018 executive order signed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo “doubles down” on the city policies that restrict city authorities from aiding the feds with deportations.

For example, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can’t detain an illegal immigrant charged with a crime in a courthouse or heading to court for a hearing under Cuomo’s order.

Gov. Hochul called on the migrants responsible for the attack on the police officers to be deproted. G.N.Miller/NYPost

Malliotakis also cited the so-called 2019 “Green Light Law,” which allows undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses — and bars the state Department of Motor Vehicles from sharing any information on the department’s database with ICE for deportation purposes.

The laws could come into play as six migrants have been charged with ganging up on an NYPD lieutenant and a police officer near Times Square on Jan. 27.

Five of the migrants were charged with assault and obstructing governmental administration last week and released without bail — with at least four of them since hopping a bus to California to dodge the case.

Only one of the brutes — Yohenry Brito, 24 — was ordered held on $15,000 bail and is currently at Rikers Island awaiting a grand jury presentation Tuesday by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.

Malliotakis called on laws prohibiting the NYPD from working with federal immigration agents to be repealed. DCPI

One of the other migrants, Yorman Reveron, 24, was released without monetary bail but was placed on supervised release — which he may have violated by allegedly skipping town for the Golden State.

A rep for Hochul said Sunday that the governor still plans to push to have them all deported if they are found guilty — and said it’s doable despite any laws on the books.

“Under existing state, city and federal law, assault on a police officer is a deportable offense and a noncitizen convicted of violent and serious crime should be deported,” Avi Small, Hochul’s press secretary, said in a statement. “There is nothing in [Cuomo’s] Executive Order that prevents State law enforcement from cooperating with all federal agencies when the law requires.

“Governor Hochul believes the individuals charged with assaulting a police officer should be prosecuted and tried in a New York court, and that any migrant found guilty of assaulting a police officer should serve a lengthy sentence and be deported thereafter,” the statement said.

Adams’ office did not respond to a request for comment from The Post.

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