“We didn't have any incidents in my county because we were allowed to cooperate with local law enforcement. But you took that tool away. The reason why that happened is because of you, Kathy Hochul, and your immigration policies, where you actually invite people into our state, give them free everything, and you don't care whether they're criminals or not. That's a bad policy.”

Bruce Blakeman · said 2026-10-14 · reported 2026-10-14

Blakeman blamed Hochul's immigration policies for the ICE incident and criticized giving free benefits regardless of criminal status.