Michael Gormley reports in Newsday that on July 23 Gov. Andrew Cuomo pardoned seven immigrants facing possible deportation. “At a time when President Trump and the federal government are waging a war on our immigrant communities, New York stands firm in our belief that our diversity is our greatest strength," Cuomo said. "While President Trump engages in policies that rip children out of the arms of their mothers and tries to ramp up the deportation of New Yorkers to advance his political agenda of hate and division, we will protect our immigrant communities." The immigrants in question have past criminal convictions for theft and drug possession, but have done nothing wrong recently. Lawyers believe that taking away the convictions that were the basis of deportation should remove the threat of deportation. But, the story says, "the federal government hasn’t always agreed to ignore a past crime even if it was pardoned." Read the full story in Newsday.