Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted deportation raids in New York City, targeting individuals with serious criminal histories, including gang leaders and alleged double murderers. While the operation focused on those with documented criminal records, it sparked criticism from some local politicians who denounced the raids as harmful and unnecessary.
ICE’s initial Trump-era deportation raids are targeting only the worst of the worst — gang kingpins, accused double-murderers and so on — yet locals pols areCity Comptroller Brad Lander called the arrests “heartbreaking,” slamming City Hall for “not standing up for our people” by . . . what, trying to stop completely lawful federal action?It’s not “mass deportation”; ICE only went after about 30 perps.
“Dirtbags like this will continue to be removed from our streets,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tweeted, alongside footage of a “criminal alien with kidnapping, assault & burglary” being led off in cuffs.But lots of New York politicians, like Lander and Velasquez, are pro-perp as well as pro-illegal-immigration, and so joining in a chorus of horror over the raids.
“With ICE operating in our city, fear is spreading,” shrieked City Councilman Shaun Abreu. He slammed Mayor Eric Adams’ “lack of leadership” for cooperating with ICE. State Attorney General Letitia James ditched her law-enforcement hat and instead played defense attorney: “I am monitoring the situation to ensure . . . rights are not being violated,” she tweeted.“We should do everything . . . to shield people from the draconian and fascistic policies of the new federal administration,” bleated state Sen. Julia Salazar .targeting “children” or innocents of any kind.
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