Sep 18, 2026 · 10 min · 6 segments
Immigration enforcement has ramped up across the nation, but in New York's Capital Region, ICE agents have been taking a quieter approach. Northeast Notebook's podcast episodes are ten minutes a day…
Mariam AhmedHost
Melanie TrimbleGuest
Kat CarrollGuest
I just got an email from a person over in Troy who volunteers for the Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition.
And she is very concerned because the license plates are being manipulated on the automobiles that ICE is using.
Trimble says it's left up to sanctuary groups and other advocates to gather data on ICE operations, including how arrests are carried out and where detainees are sent.
You know, they have to sort of rely on their network of people in the community and advocates around the community that will gather information about where the stops are, who's been arrested.
ICE is not being transparent about where these people are being sent and held.
She says the work advocates and sanctuary organizations are doing to educate immigrants of their rights is difficult and sometimes ignored.
The biggest problem is that individuals are afraid to check in with the immigration courts to make sure that their documentation is in order because they've heard stories of ICE descending upon the courthouses.
and taking people away, even though they are here legitimately and pursuing the proper channels to become documented.
Earlier this year, Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a suite of laws designed to protect the rights of immigrants and push back on some of the federal government's aggressive enforcement actions.
Included was legislation to prevent ICE from making arrests without a warrant in sensitive locations like hospitals, houses of worship and schools.
Immigrant children, no matter what their status or what their parent's status is, are entitled to an education in the United States.
We have a model policy formulated with the help of the Department of Education that we've sent to all of our school districts in the capital region.
I personally have been following up with a lot of school districts to make sure that if they don't adopt, at least adopt our model policy, that they have a policy of their own that is solidly behind children and complies with what the Department of Education in the state of New York has recommended.
So that's another thing that we're really going to look very cautiously at as the school year begins, our children being intimidated into not attending school.
Though it seems ICE's tactics have garnered less visibility, advocates like Trimble say their presence in the region remains strong.
I just got an email from a person over in Troy who volunteers for the Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition.
And she is very concerned because the license plates are being manipulated on the automobiles that ICE is using.
Trimble says it's left up to sanctuary groups and other advocates to gather data on ICE operations, including how arrests are carried out and where detainees are sent.
You know, they have to sort of rely on their network of people in the community and advocates around the community that will gather information about where the stops are, who's been arrested.
ICE is not being transparent about where these people are being sent and held.
She says the work advocates and sanctuary organizations are doing to educate immigrants of their rights is difficult and sometimes ignored.
The biggest problem is that individuals are afraid to check in with the immigration courts to make sure that their documentation is in order because they've heard stories of ICE descending upon the courthouses.
and taking people away, even though they are here legitimately and pursuing the proper channels to become documented.
Earlier this year, Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a suite of laws designed to protect the rights of immigrants and push back on some of the federal government's aggressive enforcement actions.
Included was legislation to prevent ICE from making arrests without a warrant in sensitive locations like hospitals, houses of worship and schools.
Immigrant children, no matter what their status or what their parent's status is, are entitled to an education in the United States.
We have a model policy formulated with the help of the Department of Education that we've sent to all of our school districts in the capital region.
I personally have been following up with a lot of school districts to make sure that if they don't adopt, at least adopt our model policy, that they have a policy of their own that is solidly behind children and complies with what the Department of Education in the state of New York has recommended.
So that's another thing that we're really going to look very cautiously at as the school year begins, our children being intimidated into not attending school.
Though it seems ICE's tactics have garnered less visibility, advocates like Trimble say their presence in the region remains strong.
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