Federal Law Enforcement and Policing

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a televised interview that she confronted a masked ICE agent at New York’s 26 Federal Plaza, telling him he was 'terrorizing people,' and argued that masked immigration raids are meant to scare communities and feed a Trump‑era narrative of chaos in Democratic‑run areas. Speaking in the wake of the Jan. 7 fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Hochul criticized the deployment of heavily armed, masked ICE teams, defended New York’s crime record and vowed she will not support 'militarizing' the state’s streets even as she backs deporting violent offenders.