The IDNYC card as it is known was introduced back in 2015 as a free and official proof of government issued identification that could be obtained with limited documentation.  This makes it easily accessible to the nearly half million city residents without legal immigration status.

All personal information of the cardholders, including addresses and dates of birth, is stored on encrypted databases and servers, as per the city and De Blasio.  Applicants do not have to disclose their immigration status to receive a card. De Blasio is threatening to scrub the entire database in an effort to hide the illegal activities of New York City from federal and immigration officials in order to thwart Trump and his incoming administration in their efforts to enforce the law.

Now NYC’S former top cop slams De Blasio for plans to destroy records to hide illegal immigrants from the feds.

De Blasio has repeatedly made promises that New York will remain a “sanctuary city” for undocumented immigrants and he states it will remain so even if Donald Trump makes good on his threats to yank federal funding in retaliation. De Blasio is even going so far as to claim the city plans to reject federal aid that comes with objectionable “strings attached,” such as requiring local cops to turn over people they learn are here illegally, an action that, as a sanctuary city, New York won’t allow, according to De Blasio.

Under New York’s policy, if cops learn that a suspect may be undocumented, they won’t report him to immigration officials and federal authorities will be told of a suspect’s immigration status only after a criminal conviction.

How’s that for an entire city and even the state actively obstructing justice from the federal government? Aren’t these the same guys that tell Southerners that the South lost and to “get over it” for advocating for states’ rights over federal control? Yet here they are essentially advocating for the same thing albeit at the risk of their very own people.