Chair Encarnación summarizes May 22 audit findings
Chair Encarnación summarizes the May 22 audit report, which found intensified federal targeting of city shelters and increased detainer requests to DOC and NYPD. She says the mayor adopted agency-specific recommendations to strengthen protections.
On May 22nd, the administration released the Executive Order 13 audit.
Report of audit findings and recommendations.
Among other findings, the multi-agency order revealed that federal immigration authorities had intensified their targeting of city shelters, sharply increased the issuance of detainer requests to DOC and NYPD,
and employed increasingly aggressive and misleading tactics.
The mayor adopted several agency-specific recommendations to strengthen policies and protocols to respond to the changing landscape of federal immigration enforcement.
The administration stated that in the coming months, the city would implement recommendations from the audit to strengthen protections for immigrant New Yorkers.
The administration also noted that the IRC would issue updated citywide guidance and work closely with agencies to implement these policies and protocol changes.