New York Pledges $7.25 Million for 1,400 Migrant Children as Officials Assail ICE Shock Devices
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Updated · WABC-TV · Aug 13
New York Pledges $7.25 Million for 1,400 Migrant Children as Officials Assail ICE Shock Devices
3 articles · Updated · WABC-TV · Aug 13
Summary
$7.25 million in state funding will pay legal-service costs for about 1,400 unaccompanied immigrant children in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
The announcement came as Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James attacked DHS plans to spend $10 million to $20 million on shock-emitting G.L.O.V.E. devices for ICE agents, with James saying the proposal may violate constitutional protections.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani tied the state aid to a federal pullback, saying more than 25,000 unaccompanied children lost legal representation after Washington declined to renew Acacia Center contracts and withheld over $65 million in payments.
The clash extends New York's broader push to curb immigration enforcement in the state after a judge temporarily blocked an ICE mask ban and ahead of an Aug. 25 law barring local police participation in immigration enforcement.