Photo: Office of Governor Kathy Hochul; Virrage Images | Illustration: New York Focus

“Immigrant rights advocates and some lawmakers welcomed her proposals, but said that the measures don’t go far enough.

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“Linda Flor Brito, senior policy and campaigns organizer, Immigrant Defense Project, wrote…“The Governor touted aging Executive Orders which are limited in scope and woefully behind the due process protections most other ‘Blue States’ have already adopted,” referring to state sanctuary laws in California, Washington, Oregon, and others.”

Read more about this: Liv Veazey in New York Focus and Arya Sundaram in Gothamist, both dated January 14.