New York judge orders city to hand ICE data on residents of a Bronx shelter

A federal judge has ordered New York City to comply with a subpoena from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seeking information on men housed at the city-run Bruckner shelter in the Bronx, amid the dispute between local authorities and the federal government over immigrant-protection policies.

The ruling, issued on November 6 by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, states that the city government did not show that handing over the information would be an excessive burden.

The order has a limit: a court-appointed special master must identify only the men with certain serious criminal records — including homicide, rape, robbery and assault — and ICE will receive only the names that meet that criterion.

Kaplan gave the parties 14 days to propose the appointment and payment of the special master. ICE's request originated in August 2025, when it sought data on residents of two city shelters and later narrowed it to the Bruckner, at 825 East 141st Street in Mott Haven.

The city had challenged the subpoenas, arguing they clashed with its immigrant-protection policies, but the judge found no evidence that ICE was acting with improper or political motives.

Photo: Quadratín Hispano

Source: Quadratín Hispano