On Friday, September 5, more than a dozen community groups led by the Justice Center of Rensselaer County held a news conference in front of Troy City Hall to call on local and state officials to keep ICE out of Troy and other communities. They also called on the state legislature to come back in a special session to pass the New York For All Act to prohibit local officials and law enforcement from cooperating with ICE and their kidnapping of community residents. Speakers at the news conference included Jamie Crouse as emcee; Jessica Ashley of The Justice Center of Rensselaer County; Angela Beallor, Troy Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition (CRSC); Bryan McCormack, Columbia County Sanctuary Movement; Jahaira Roldan, New York Immigration Coalition; Rev. Donna Elia, Troy Area United Ministry; Verónica A Troy resident whose husband was kidnapped by ICE; Melanie Trimble, New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU); Naomi Jaffe of the Jails Justice Network; and Starletta Renee, YWCA of the Greater Capital Region. This has been Mark Dunlea for the Hudson Mohawk Magazine.
