New York City is about to see a surge in immigration agents, according to President Trump's border czar. Tom Homan said Monday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing its largest-ever deployment to the city in response to a new state law that limits cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, the Hill reports. "You are going to see more ICE agents than you have ever seen in New York City," Homan said on Fox & Friends, adding that he had just reviewed an operational plan. He would not say when it would roll out.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last month approved a package that blocks state and local police from carrying out civil immigration enforcement, bars them from wearing masks, and prohibits federal immigration authorities from using state and local facilities for enforcement purposes. Homan argued that by curbing ICE's ability to take people into custody in jails, the law will force agents to conduct more arrests in neighborhoods, which he said raises safety concerns and public alarm. Similar limits on cooperation with ICE have been enacted in other Democratic-led states, including New Jersey, Virginia, and California.
Homan said he told Hochul in March that if she opposed ICE's actions, he'd counter in a way similarly to "how we dealt with Minnesota," per People. During ICE's surge in that state in January, Alex Pretti and Renée Good, both US citizens, were shot to death. Immigrant rights advocates have warned fans going to World Cup matches in the US they could face risks, per the Guardian. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, "We will not allow ICE or anyone else to sow fear in our communities—especially at this moment."
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