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Andrew Sage

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Appearances Over Time

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Yes, the government and specific parts of the government.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Let's start with some headlines.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Gothamist has obtained information about ICE being able to enter private parts of New York City shelters without a judicial warrant.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

or being able to obtain private information about residents, despite both of these in theory being prohibited by sanctuary city laws in New York, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

This happened at least five times.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

The way Gotham has found this is by making a public records request for incident reports, which is a clever use of public record law.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Nice one.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

The city is already aware of both jail and police officers violating these laws.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And I think this is,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

A good example of how people think of sanctuary city laws as like inassailable.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

But in fact, sanctuary laws, be they city, state, whatever jurisdiction, are very often violated.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And it's good to see that being reported on more.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Last week, we talked about Faustino Pablo Pablo, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

The guy who had been sent to Guatemala, despite the fact that he had protections under the Convention Against Torture for being returned there.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

The government has returned him to the U.S.,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Which is good.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

That is a rare good immigration story.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

It did really bum me out to see that, like, there were dozens of articles on him being sent there, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And I couldn't find anything, any reporting on him being returned, which is kind of like, we should be happy for these people.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

We should...