Democrats in Long Island, New York, are suing Nassau County’s top official — a Republican — for acting on his plans to create a militia of civilians to assist law enforcement. As I reported ...

Nassau County will become the largest police force in New York state, and among the largest in the country, to be granted special powers to crack down on illegal immigration, he said. The Republic ...

"Our partnership sends a clear message that ICE and Nassau County stand committed to prioritizing the safety of our our public," Acting Deputy New York City ICE Field Office Director Brian ...

The complaint, to be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, names Nassau County, County Executive Bruce Blakeman and the county legislature as defendants.

Democrats in suburban New York ... county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents, saying it amounts to an “illegal, taxpayer-funded civilian militia.” Nassau ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman called the lawsuit “frivolous.” AP “New York State law does not authorize defendants to create a taxpayer-funded militia,” the lawsuit states.

Nassau County is authorizing 10 of its ... perform specified immigration officer functions." Rensselaer County is the first in New York to apply the program, according to a 2020 memo from ICE.

The corps created by Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive ... and ongoing waste of public funds” in the county, which is just east of New York City. The suit was filed in State Supreme ...

And this is a direct attack." Nassau County will receive federal funding for the cost of the use of the detectives. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union called the plan "a dangerous ...

"Most New York counties do not partner with ICE for a reason," Susan Gottehrer, NYCLU's Nassau County Regional Director, said. "When local law enforcement acts like ICE agents, they take on ICE's ...

NASSAU COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- In Nassau County, Democrats are suing Republican County Executive Bruce Blakeman over his creation of an armed citizen deputy program. The program deputizes ...