Gov. Hochul accuses ICE of exploiting loopholes in her new sanctuary law with upstate NY detention facilities

ALBANY — Gov.Kathy Hochul is once again stamping her feet, accusing federal immigration authorities of overreach for allegedly planning to expand detention facilities in upstate New York.In a letter to US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Hochul is demanding answers from ICE about a rumored lease on a warehouse in the Hudson Valley near Newburgh, as well as plans to expand detention capacity at federal facilities in Rochester and Batavia.“New Yorkers, like all Americans, deserve honest answers about what their federal government is doing in their communities.

And I demand your department provide that transparency,” Hochul asserts in the letter.Her and lefty New York Democrats have been under renewed fire from President Trump and senior White House officials like border czar Tom Homan after passing a sweeping set of sanctuary policies as part of the state budget earlier this year.The immigration package included specific measures preventing local governments from permitting ICE to use their detention facilities.Hochul stopped short of accusing ICE of violating any of those policies and didn’t immediately respond to The Post when asked if she would use the new law to try and rebuke the feds, like she and state Attorney General Letitia James did to try and force immigration officers not to wear masks while conducting enforcement operations via a lawsuit earlier this month.A spokesperson for ICE and DHS also didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Hochul’s letter, which was first reported by Politico Monday morning....