Hochul Slams ICE Workplace Raids In Upstate NY, Rips FBI-Backed Mass Deportation Push

During a public safety tour in Rochester, Gov. Kathy Hochul blasted ICE for a series of workplace raids across upstate New York, arguing the Trump administration is wasting resources by deploying masked ICE officers and FBI agents for mass deportations. She said the operations are targeting farms and factories instead of high-priority offenders and risk sweeping up innocent workers. Her remarks follow September raids in Cato and near Fulton that detained dozens and sparked allegations of aggressive tactics and family separations. The comments underscore growing state–federal tension over immigration enforcement priorities.