NYC will stop retaining data that could identify immigrants under Trump administration

Following concerns about how the information will be used by President-elect Trump, New York City announced yesterday that it will stop retaining personal data for its municipal ID program. But for now, the information previously obtained under the program will be kept.
No new records will be created
Although the data does not specifically include information on immigrants or immigration status, municipal ID programs like New York’s IDNYC have been attractive to undocumented immigrants, wh