Mayor Adams says NYC will help with ICE as Trump cracks down on migrant criminals
New York City will “coordinate” with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on deporting migrant criminals, Mayor Eric Adams said this week as major cities brace for President Trump’s promised crackdown.
The city is still analyzing the new Trump administration’s rule lifting a years-old ban on federal immigration raids in “sensitive areas,” namely churches and schools, Adams said. “We’re still analyzing that executive order,” Adams said on GMGT Live’s “The Reset Talk Show” Wednesday morning.Mayor Eric Adams said New York City will “coordinate” with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on deporting migrant criminals.The prospect of feds arresting and deporting people huddled inside Big Apple churches and schools didn’t come up during his face-to-face with Trump in Florida last week, the mayor said. Hughes Fire, latest horrific wildfire to explode in LA-area, forces nearly 20K to evacuate, torches over 8K acres after 'nuclear' predictionICE arrested 308 illegal migrants — including attempted murderer, child molester — on Trump's first full day in office “We didn’t go into the details and the crevices of every policy that he’s going to put in place,” he said. “We have been in constant communication with ICE. We met with them a little over a week ago, probably last week, to be exact, to hear what their policies may be,” he added. Asked for more details about the meeting, Adams’ Deputy Press Secretary Liz Garcia said the mayor misspoke about his talks with ICE that he’d actually spoken to a Trump admin official handling border security, though she refused to disclose who. Adams has remained vague on just how far the city’s cooperation with Trump’s mass deportations will go, even as he seeks to reassure immigrant New Yorkers fearful of being rounded up in indiscriminate raids. The city’s stance, for now, appears to be to work with the Trump administration on shipping out accused criminal immigrants, while following local sanctuary laws that restrict city agencies from helping ICE and the feds in civil deportation proceedings. Asked on Tuesday whether cops would work with the US Department of Homeland Security and ICE on deportations of people who are in the country illegally, Adams told reporters “There’s no restriction for the NYPD to coordinate with the various task forces around criminality.”“Nothing has changed there. We’re going to continue to collaborate with all of our federal partners when it comes down to illegal behaviors,” he said during his weekly press briefing. City Hall insiders told The Post Adams has been trying to avoid chaos in New York City — where 40% of residents are immigrants — and figure out what new Trump administration has in the works.Orders have yet to come down from Washington, DC, as to what will unfold from the new Trump administration, the sources said. The first concrete signs came from Trump himself, as he signed a flurry of day-one executive orders from the White House focused on immigration — and paving the way for his promised mass deportations. The orders signed Monday sought to eliminate Constitution-protected “birthright citizenship,” declared a national emergency at the US-Mexico border and cut off federal funds for sanctuary cities.on immigration enforcement in “sensitive areas” — which Adams incorrectly called an executive order — was issued Tuesday by Acting DHS Secretary Benjamine Huffman. “Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest,” a DHS spokesperson said.The Big Apple, for the moment, is currently working with the Trump administration to get rid of criminal immigrants while following local sanctuary laws restricting city agencies from helping ICE and the feds in civil deportation proceedings.“The Trump Administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense.” The policies signaled that Trump is ready to carry out a nationwide crackdown on illegal migrants — one that Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said soon will hit the Big Apple. “Chicago is first, but New York will be right after that,” the Republican congresswoman, who reps Staten Island and Brooklyn, told NY1 Adams in recent months has taken an increasingly vocal stance against certain sanctuary city restrictions, particularly against accused violent criminals, who he saidthat would tweak sanctuary city policies restricting when the city can work with ICE — and reiterated his stance this week. “Those who commit violent crimes in our city have violated their right to be in our city and in our country, and we’re going to continue to collaborate with ICE around criminality,” he said Tuesday. City agencies, however, are already allowed to collaborate with ICE in 170 crimes, including by sharing information and assisting in investigations. But behind-the-scenes, Adams’ administration has quietly been issuing guidance to city agencies warning staff not to cooperate with ICE under sanctuary city policies.“To the extent federal immigration authorities are engaged in a civil enforcement operation and encounter individuals who are blocking or otherwise obstructing their activity, the federal authorities alone will take enforcement action consistent with their own rules and procedures,” the Jan. 18 memo to the NYPD states. “Members of service will not assist with that enforcement action unless the individuals are engaged in conduct that, separate and apart from obstructing civil immigration enforcement, poses an immediate threat to public safety.” Adams sought again during his weekly news conference Tuesday to reassure the city’s immigrants concerned about coming ICE raids.“This is a country of immigrants. It’s imperative that you go to school, use the hospital service, use the police services.” But when asked about raids in “sensitive areas” or migrant shelters, Adams both contended he already addressed the issue and offered that staying in touch with ICE would help, though he didn’t say in what way.“We’re going to continue to do so. Our team knows how important it is to coordinate. And if you’re not at the table, you’re not able to give real good input.” Hughes Fire, latest horrific wildfire to explode in LA-area, forces nearly 20K to evacuate, torches over 8K acres after 'nuclear' predictionICE arrested 308 illegal migrants — including attempted murderer, child molester — on Trump's first full day in officeTaylor Swift’s perfect date-night LBD is back in stock‘Vanderpump Rules’ alum James Kennedy cleared in domestic violence case, no charges will be filed after arrestMajor cities are now bracing for President Donald Trump's promised crackdown on deporting illegal immigrants.The Big Apple, for the moment, is currently working with the Trump administration to get rid of criminal immigrants while following local sanctuary laws restricting city agencies from helping ICE and the feds in civil deportation proceedings.Hughes Fire, latest horrific wildfire to explode in LA-area, forces nearly 20K to evacuate, torches over 8K acres after 'nuclear' prediction
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