NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch is defending the NYPD’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities currently detaining a Palestinian woman who participated in protests at Columbia University, arguing New York’s strict sanctuary laws don’t apply. But advocates for immigrants say that Tisch is dangerously wrong in the case of the woman, 32-year-old Leqaa Kordia, and in effect […]

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