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Adriano Espaillat

Dominican-American politician (born 1954)

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Jan 17, 2026
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Have New York Police Department, arrested any ice agents or confronted them?

There is no verified, credible reporting that New York Police Department officers have arrested ICE agents; viral clips showing NYPD arresting federal immigration officers have been debunked as AI-gen...

Jan 10, 2026
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America act

The phrase "America Act" is ambiguous in current reporting: it can refer to the AMERICA Act, an antitrust bill aimed at digital-advertising middlemen, or to the Americas/“Americas Act,” a regional eco...

Jan 24, 2026

NYPD ice

The relationship between the and federal immigration agents has become a : recent street confrontations, a where NYPD detectives say staff mistook them for , and purporting to show NYPD arresting ICE ...

Jan 17, 2026

What federal bills or state laws require law-enforcement officers to display badge numbers and limit face coverings during arrests?

State legislatures and a handful of federal lawmakers have responded to videos of masked immigration and other agents by drafting and, in California’s case, enacting laws that both restrict face cover...

Jan 10, 2026

What is the Born in America Act and who proposed it?

The "Born in the USA Act" is a congressional bill introduced in 2025 aimed at protecting constitutional birthright citizenship and blocking an executive order that sought to narrow who is recognized a...

Nov 18, 2025

Who sponsored the Dignity Act 2025 in Congress?

The Dignity Act of 2025 (H.R. 4393) was introduced in the U.S. House as a bipartisan effort by Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R‑FL) and Veronica Escobar (D‑TX); reporting and organizational sum...

Nov 8, 2025

Which prominent Democratic leaders have publicly endorsed direct cash assistance for undocumented immigrants in 2024?

Prominent Democratic leaders did not broadly or uniformly publicly endorse unconditional direct cash assistance for undocumented immigrants in 2024; the most consistent public actions from leading Dem...