Police icy to ICE
Told to keep feds out of city schools
NYPD brass sent around a mayoral directive Tuesday to keep ICE agents off school grounds unless they have a “valid” warrant — one day after the US attorney general threatened to cancel funding for local governments that harbor illegal immigrants.
The move came despite Mayor de Blasio’s recent admission that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have never tried to enter a city school.
An NYPD administra- tive bulletin sent to top brass — and obtained by The Post — says “non-local law-enforcement officers” from agencies such as ICE or the FBI “will not be permitted to proceed” past the front desk without a warrant.
And even if the feds produce paperwork, cops must confer with NYPD lawyers to ensure it’s legit, according to the directive.
The memo, authorized by Chief of Department Carlos Gomez, says a precinct patrol supervisor should respond to make sure the mayor’s orders are carried out.
In addition, a commanding officer, executive officer or duty captain should be called to the scene “if there is a dis- agreement between a principal and non-local law-enforcement officer regarding access to the school.”
When de Blasio last week announced his plan to keep the feds out of city schools, he said: “I know it sounds outlandish, but we are seeing things we have not seen before.”
ICE said it currently prohibits agents from entering schools, hospitals or houses of worship “unless they have prior approval from an appropriate supervisory official or in the event of exigent circumstances.”