This IS gonna generate TONS of headlines….
New York City IS the largest American city and it IS diverse….
The ICE Op in major cities tends to confrontational…..
New York will be NO different….
And with Zohran Mamdani as it’s Mayor and the local government AGAINST this move?
Trump & Co. ARE gonna get those headlines….
White House border czar Tom Homan said on Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operationswill ramp up shortly in New York City.
In an interview on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom,” the Trump administration’s senior immigration official noted that he previously had an agreement with New York City Mayor Eric Adams to let ICE operate from Rikers Island, but the City Council sued to block the proposal and the state Supreme Court sided with the council.
“I plan on being in New York City in the near future. We’re going to do operations in New York City. We know, in New York City, me and Mayor Adams at one point had an agreement to let ICE into Rikers Island … but the city council shut it down,” Homan said in the interview.
Homan said there’s already a significant law enforcement presence in the city, but residents can expect that to increase.
“So we’re going to be coming to New York City,” he continued. “We’re already there now. I mean, teams are there now, but we are increasing enforcement present in New York City — again, because they’re a sanctuary city, and we know we have an issue there with public safety threats in the street every day.”
Homan said ICE operations are not focused specifically on the partisan leaning of the city but added that the government is targeting so-called sanctuary cities since, he said, that’s where the government perceives there to be the biggest threat.
“Regardless of, Republican or Democratic city, we’re going to enforce the laws across this country and take those public safety threats off the street,” Homan said.
“But I’ll say this,” he continued. “I’ve said it from day one: Sanctuary cities, we’re flooding the zone because we know they’re releasing public safety threats in the communities every day.”….
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Zohran Mamdani Sends Stark Warning To ICE Agents After His Mayoral Win
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani issued a stark warning to Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, emphasizing that its agents are not beyond the reach of the law.
“My message to ICE agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate the law, you must be held accountable,” Mamdani said at a press briefing the morning after his groundbreaking win.
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Trump deportation policies ARE costing him and Republican’s support …
Direction and salience
Most Americans say the federal government is dealing with undocumented immigrants in the wrong direction, with 57% expressing dissatisfaction overall and overwhelming majorities of Democrats and independents holding that view while most Republicans say things are headed right, 81% to 18%. Immigration ranks as a top-tier concern for Republicans, with 56% calling it a critical issue, compared with 43% of Americans overall and 36% of Democrats, reflecting a durable salience gap across party lines.
ICE funding and enforcement
A majority of Americans, 52%, say an increase in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to speed arrests, detention, and deportations has gone too far, including 85% of Democrats and 59% of independents, compared with just 15% of Republicans who say the same. Hispanic Protestants are a notable exception within conservative-leaning faith communities, with 57% saying the ICE funding expansion has gone too far, highlighting an intra-religious divide that contrasts with views among white evangelical Protestants and other white Christian groups.
Identity masking and internment camps
Nearly six in ten Americans, 58%, agree ICE officers should not conceal their identity with masks or use unmarked vehicles during arrests, including 84% of Democrats and 64% of independents, while only 31% of Republicans agree with prohibiting such practices. Americans also reject the idea of internment camps for undocumented immigrants by a 58% to 37% margin, though Republican support stands out at 69% agreement compared with just 32% of independents and 13% of Democrats, indicating stark partisan asymmetry on detention powers.
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Findings come from PRRI’s 16th annual American Values Survey conducted online from August 15 to September 8, with trend comparisons drawn from PRRI surveys dating back to 2011 on key immigration and identity measures. Figure captions throughout the report reference the August–September 2025 field window, anchoring this year’s results against past PRRI benchmarks on immigration salience, enforcement preferences, and rights protections….
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