” I want to again make my position clear: I have said from Day 1 we will never allow the DMV database to be used for immigration purposes. said acting ICE director”.
The Trump administration has been increasing their threats to hold New Yorkers hostage to their demand to turn over the DMV database for ICE and Customs and Border Protection to use to aid their deportation of innocent law-abiding undocumented families.
“We can provide trusted travel information. We can provide the automobile export industry information. What they really want and what we can’t provide is use of the DMV data for immigration purposes. Period. Their extortion and bullying will not work in New York”. Governor Cuomo
Many national, state and local law enforcement agencies currently have access to our DMV database and the potential for surreptitious access to the database is very real. Governor Cuomo plans to explore all options available to minimize the harm caused by unauthorized use of our database such as removal of social security numbers – which could be used to evidence undocumented status – and increasing the penalty for unauthorized use of the DMV database.
The Trump administration’s increasing attempts to extort New York State compliance by inconveniencing law-abiding citizens will not be effective. The privacy of all New Yorkers will be protected and the Cuomo administration will never allow the use of the DMV database for immigration actions.
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