What's happening
This bill amends New York penal law to include threats of deportation proceedings as acts of extortion or coercion.
Why it matters
Expands protection for immigrants. By treating threats to initiate deportation proceedings as extortion or coercion, the bill extends legal safeguards to undocumented individuals and immigrants who might otherwise be vulnerable to intimidation or exploitation.
Prevents abuse of immigration status. The change targets those who use a person’s immigration status as leverage to force compliance or silence, making it a criminal act to threaten deportation as a means of manipulation.
Equates immigration-related threats with other serious threats. By adding deportation proceedings to the same category as threats of criminal charges, the law recognizes the severe impact such threats can have on individuals and their families, raising the legal consequences for perpetrators.
Signals commitment to immigrant rights. This amendment reflects a broader policy stance in New York, sending a message that the state is dedicated to protecting immigrants from coercion and extortion, regardless of their legal status.
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Protect Immigrants from Coercion
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Sponsors
26 Co-sponsors
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
- Rebecca Seawright
- Phil Steck
- Vivian Cook
- Felix Ortiz
- Charles Lavine
- William Colton
- N. Nick Perry
- Jo Anne Simon
- Carmen E. Arroyo
- Charles Barron
- Ellen C. Jaffee
- Alicia Hyndman
- Yuh-Line Niou
- Victor M. Pichardo
- Carmen De La Rosa
- Anthony D'Urso
- Maritza Davila
- Inez E. Dickens
- Michael Blake
- Jaime R. Williams
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- Luis R. Sepúlveda
- David Weprin
- Walter T. Mosley
- Clyde Vanel
History
- Ordered to third reading cal.468
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.226
- Rules report cal.226
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to codes
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Ban Immigration Status Blackmail
In Senate Committee · Codes · Sponsor Marisol Alcantara
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6728
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 16, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to extortion or coercion related to immigration status
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 135.60 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 426 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
4. Accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges or deportation proceedings to be instituted against him or her; or
§ 2. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 155.05 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
(iv) Accuse some person of a crime or cause criminal charges or deportation proceedings to be instituted against him or her; or
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10223-01-7
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