Court blocks New York City from discarding illegal immigrants' data
Wed Dec 7, 2016 | 5:21pm EST
Court blocks New York City from discarding illegal immigrants' data
By Joseph Ax | NEW YORK
A New York state court on Tuesday temporarily stopped New York City from destroying the personal records of hundreds of thousands of municipal I.D. card holders after Republicans argued the records might be needed to track criminals.
Seeking to protect illegal immigrants who fear deportation under a President-elect Donald Trump administration, city officials had been considering destroying the information and said on Tuesday they would stop collecting it starting next month.
Two Republican state lawmakers sued the city on Monday to block any plans to discard the records collected so far, saying they could be needed to investigate individuals who obtained the cards under false pretenses.
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