President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan is assembly with New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams Thursday to debate collaboration between federal authorities and the NYPD in cracking down on recognized legal aliens within the Huge Apple – particularly members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang, a supply advised Fox Information.
The go to comes shortly after federal authorities dropped a corruption case towards Adams kicked off beneath the Biden-Harris administration, which the mayor had alleged was political retaliation for his opposition to an open border coverage that despatched lots of of 1000’s of illegals to New York. Adams has denied breaking the regulation and met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago final month.
Homan mentioned he is hoping he can attain an settlement with the mayor the place the NYPD helps take away recognized threats to public security.
One other potential space of settlement could be reopening an workplace for Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the metropolis’s primary jail on Rikers Island, an concept he floated throughout a earlier assembly with Homan, in accordance with native experiences.
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Tom Homan, U.S. President Donald Trump’s border czar, speaks to reporters on the White Home in Washington, U.S., Feb. 6, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Nevertheless, Homan is “not happy” with progress on the matter and needs to see adjustments made instantly, the New York Submit reported Wednesday, citing a supply with information of the assembly.
“Homan wants something immediate and doesn’t want to wait till next January,” the unnamed supply advised the paper. “The mayor has emergency order power. He’s going to have to beg and be a good boy for Trump.”
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Adams mentioned in January that the town would work with ICE as a part of Trump’s nationwide crackdown on legal illegals, even with sanctuary legal guidelines in place within the state and metropolis.
New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams attends an interfaith breakfast occasion in Manhattan in New York Metropolis, U.S., Jan. 30, 2025. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Picture)
The Democratic mayor has been extremely crucial of his celebration on immigration and mentioned in a December information briefing that Trump’s election was a vote to repair a “broken” system.
“The American people have communicated to us loudly and clearly: ‘We have a broken system,’” he mentioned. “They want to fix, and we need to fix our immigration system.”
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A state sanctuary regulation in New York resulted in a $60 million judgment towards the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Workplace final month. U.S. District Choose William Kuntz, nominated by then-President Barack Obama in 2011, awarded the damages to unlawful aliens who have been held on ICE detainers in violation of the sanctuary regulation.
The Row NYC Lodge in Manhattan was transformed right into a migrant shelter. (Matthew McDermott for Fox Information Digital)
On Wednesday, Trump’s new Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi introduced lawsuits towards New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Legal professional Basic Letitia James for allegedly utilizing state sanctuary legal guidelines to defend unlawful immigrants from federal immigration enforcement.
“If you don’t comply with federal law, we will hold you accountable,” Bondi mentioned. “We did it to Illinois, strike one. Strike two is New York. And if you are a state not complying with federal law, you’re next. Get ready.”
Hochul, who narrowly gained re-election over Republican Lee Zeldin in a deeply Democrat state, known as it a publicity stunt.
Federal brokers from ICE and the DEA seize suspected legal aliens throughout migrant raids New York Metropolis after Trump’s inauguration. (Drug Enforcement Administration New York)
ICE mentioned Thursday that its crackdown within the Huge Apple was already serving to make the streets of New York safer after a joint operation nabbed a number of gang members, drug traffickers and different “dangerous criminals.”
Fox Information’ Adam Shaw and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
