New York City became a sanctuary city under Mayor Ed Koch in the 1980s.
Elected officials wanted to make sure asylum seekers would not be afraid to report crimes or enroll their kids in public school and get medical care over fear of being deported.
Rose Cuison-Villazor Interim co-dean, professor of law and chancellor's social justice scholar, and Director at Rutgers Center for immigration law, policy, and Justice at Rutgers Law School. She said, "It meant that in 1989 when then-Mayor Ed Koch and members of the city council, they passed and there was an executive order that was passed that said that police officers will not disclose information about a person's immigration status to federal immigration officials unless they are required to do so." Just before
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