Hochul meets with Trump border czar amid immigration crackdown

(The Center Square) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul met with White House Border Czar Tom Homan in Albany Friday amid escalating rhetoric by the Trump administration over immigration enforcement in the state.

In a statement, Hochul said she made a “straightforward appeal” to Homan during the nearly hour-long closed-door meeting: “Help us keep New Yorkers safe by ending aggressive and unlawful ICE operations in this state.”

“No more militarized raids, no more plans for large-scale detention centers and no more attacks on law-abiding people who call New York home,” she said. “President Trump promised he would not engage in a federal immigration enforcement surge in New York unless we ask for it — and I made clear to Homan today that the request would never come.”

The governor told reporters after the meeting that she gave Homan a list of detained New York college students she is pressing to be released , which comes after a Columbia University student was released from ICE custody after a p...