The New York City Council - File #: Res 0182-2018

• File #: Res 0182-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Provide immigration relief for NY resident Ravidath “Ravi” Lawrence Ragbir.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Immigration
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Final action: 2/15/2018
• Title: Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, H.R. 4937, which would provide immigration relief for New York resident Ravidath "Ravi" Lawrence Ragbir and denouncing the unlawful targeting of immigrant rights activists for deportation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Sponsors: Jumaane D. Williams, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Carlos Menchaca, Donovan J. Richards, Laurie A. Cumbo, Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Daniel Dromm , Inez D. Barron, Deborah L. Rose, I. Daneek Miller

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/15/2018	*	City Council	Approved, by Council	Pass
2/15/2018	*	Committee on Immigration	Hearing Held by Committee
2/15/2018	*	Committee on Immigration	Approved by Committee	Pass
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Res. No. 182

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Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, H.R. 4937, which would provide immigration relief for New York resident Ravidath "Ravi" Lawrence Ragbir and denouncing the unlawful targeting of immigrant rights activists for deportation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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By Council Members Williams, Rodriguez, Menchaca, Richards, Cumbo, Espinal, Dromm, Barron, Rose and Miller

Whereas, In February 2017, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") issued new immigration enforcement guidelines no longer exempting classes or categories of "removable aliens" from potential detention and deportation; and
Whereas, This directive was a notable departure from previous immigration enforcement policies that prioritized individuals with significant criminal history for deportation, effectively putting all non-citizens at higher risk of deportation; and
Whereas, In Fiscal Year 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") officers apprehended 143,470 immigrants; and
Whereas, More immigrants were arrested in the months immediately following the new DHS guidance than in all of Fiscal Year 2016; and
Whereas, In light of the new directive, there was a significant rise in the immigration arrests of immigrants with no criminal record, as well as those with only minor, low-level offenses; and
Whereas, The directive also led to the increase in apprehension of individuals with final orders of removal who had been allowed to stay in the United States due to their strong ties to their communities and lack of serious criminal history, and conditioned on check-ins in with ICE; and
Whereas, The roughly 900,000 individuals present in the United States under these supervision requirements are once again vulnerable to deportation as reports show an increase in immigrants detained at once routine ICE check-ins; and
Whereas, In the midst of increased immigration arrests and deporta...