Report: After election, New York City might trigger 'self-destruct provision' to protect municipal ID holders

As Twitchy reported in January 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his decision to issue identification cards to illegal aliens because it would help prevent New York’s non-citizens from feeling like second-class citizens. “We don’t want them to feel left out,” he said.

.@BilldeBlasio shows off his @IDNYC (to applause). Embracing all – esp those in shadows – vital to #inclusivegrowth. pic.twitter.com/VLOtplm6TU

— Amy Spitalnick (@amyspitalnick) March 29, 2016

Now that Donald Trump has won the election, however, Mayor de Blasio might be rethinking his attempt to bring illegals out of the shadows.

After Trump's win, NYC could destroy its immigrant ID card data https://t.co/qhOPGFBsnZ pic.twitter.com/P83sHlH9w7

— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) November 15, 2016

NBC New York is reporting that the city might destroy the data amid concerns it might put illegals at risk, possibly employing “a kind of self-destruct provision that allows for the information to be destroyed at the end of the year.”

https://twitter.com/MarcDulles/status/798667945903816704

Hillary Clinton might want to hang on to that office in Brooklyn after all — if there are documents to be destroyed, she really is the most qualified candidate ever.

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Bill De Blasio doesn't want illegal aliens to 'feel like second class citizens' http://t.co/bthyj0PZBa

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 14, 2015