WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee is renewing a May request to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz to hand over all records on migrants accused of crimes who have received “preferential treatment” by her office as a result of so-called “sanctuary” policies.
Katz’s office was asked to hand over the records by June 10, but had claimed 10th Amendment protections in order to ignore the request, according to a Monday letter from Judiciary Committee leaders obtained by The Post.
“Your pro-criminal alien policies appear intentionally designed to thwart this authority,” charged Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chairman Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) in the letter.
“Moreover, preferential treatment of foreign nationals by your office may also violate federal civil rights laws,” the Republicans noted.
The House committee advanced legislation earlier this year seeking to stop sanctuary jurisdictions from flouting federal immigration laws — and called out New York officials for not honoring a majority of detainer requests.
Many of the left-leaning jurisdictions oppose coordinating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), requiring officers to obtain judicial warrants or jump through other hoops before handing over migrants charged with crimes into federal custody.
Jordan and McClintock’s missive cited the Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act of 2026, which amends provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act to mandate cooperation between state and federal authorities.
“In your June 10 letter, you also objected to the scope of the Committee’s requests, claiming that it would be impossible to ‘[s]earch[] for communications dealing with non-citizens,’” wrote the GOP chairmen.
“Nonetheless, you do not provide any rationale for why it is not possible to provide documents and communications related even to a single employee, the office’s Immigration Specialist, or materials related to certain foreign nationals’ cases—the same cases you have boasted about in public reports,” they said.
“In addition, you have given no indication that your office has attempted to obtain any of the requested information in the three months since you received the Committee’s request.”
Katz was one of seven New York City officials queried about their sanctuary policies, including NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, Department of Corrections Commissioner Stanley Richards and the top prosecutors of all five boroughs.
That letter claimed that less than 4% of detainers ICE lodged with local authorities for criminal aliens were honored by NYCDOC between July 2022 and June 2025.
Reps for Katz’s office didn’t respond immediately to a request for comment.
