New York’s Release of Sealed Records Leads to Dispute in Immigrant Cases
By BENJAMIN WEISER
Published: July 22, 2011

A dispute has erupted over the federal government’s decision to prosecute at least a half dozen illegal immigrants in New York whose status was discovered after a state agency mistakenly provided sealed arrest records to immigration authorities last year.

The state agency, the Division of Criminal Justice Services, later told the authorities that the sealed information was disclosed in error and should not be used “for any purpose,â€