As the State Senate concluded its legislative session on Thursday, immigrant rights advocates renewed calls for lawmakers to pass the New York for All Act before the Assembly adjourns on Tuesday, June 17. The proposed legislation, along with several other immigration-related bills, remains pending as the clock winds down on this year’s session.

“This is a moment that immigrant communities in New York really needed to see leadership stand with them,” said Rosa Cohen-Cruz, Director of Immigration Policy at The Bronx Defenders. “They really needed the reassurance that any engagement with a state or local official wasn’t going to be the pipeline of their deportation and detention.”