Road block on immig travel deal

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo and President Trump failed to break a stalemate on the administration’s decision to ban New York residents from using programs that allow speedier customs checks and border crossings.

The pair met at the White House Thursday to discuss the action taken by the Department of Homeland Security in response to a state law that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses and blocks federal immigration authorities’ access to state data.

The governor did not go into the meeting with high expectations.

“If you’re asking me if I have a high expectation of success? No,” Cuomo (inset) said during an event at his Manhattan office ahead of his flight to D.C. “But it makes me feel better knowing I did everyAttorney thing I could to argue for the state of New York.”

Cuomo said he planned to present the president with a compromise that would grant federal authorities access to the records of only those New Yorkers applying for the travel programs, but not the full state Department of Motor Vehicles database.

Following the meeting, DHS acting secretary Chad Wolf said discussions will continue in the search for a “mutually agreeable solution.”

“New York is the only state that restricts CBP access to their data across the board — for law enforcement, customs, trade, and travel facilitation purposes,” he said. “Despite that, we will continue discussions with the State of New York to find a mutually agreeable solution.”

Cuomo spokeswoman Dani Lever also indicated talks are ongoing.