The Legal Aid Society, The Immigrant Defense Project, Sanctuary for Families, New York County Defender Services, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, Make the Road New York and Brooklyn Defender Services filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York urging dismissal of the Trump Administration’s lawsuit challenging New York’s Protect Our Courts Act and two Executive Orders that safeguard immigrant communities across the state.

The brief presents the constitutional, legal, and public safety imperatives behind New York State’s efforts to protect immigrants from civil immigration arrests at courthouses and in state buildings, as well as to limit information sharing between state employees and federal immigration a

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