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21-11-2025
WASHINGTON NEW YORK: White House border czar Tom Homan said on Tuesday he plans to ramp up federal immigration enforcement efforts in New York City, a month after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out a high-profile raid targeting Manhattan street vendors.
The Trump administration is already carrying out immigration operations in New York City.
“I plan on being in New York City in the near future. We’re going to do operations in New York City,” Homan said on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” program.
“We will increase the enforcement presence in New York City. Again, because they’re a sanctuary city and there are public safety threats hitting the streets every day,” he added.
Homan did not say when those increase efforts will start. The US Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration operations, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“New York City’s more than three million immigrants are central to our city’s strength, vitality, and success,” New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani spokesperson Dora Pekec said via email.
“The mayor-elect remains steadfast in his commitment to protecting the rights and dignity of every single New Yorker and upholding our sanctuary laws.”
Jess D’Amelia, a spokesperson for New York Governor Kathy Hochul, said the state will continue to work with local and federal law enforcement to enforce its laws and protect New Yorkers.
“As Governor Hochul has made clear, federal intervention is not wanted or needed,” she said in a statement.
Homan’s comments follow reporting by The New York Times last week that the Trump administration is exploring whether to use a Coast Guard facility on Staten Island to hold detained migrants.
Republican President Donald Trump has launched an aggressive immigration crackdown targeting major US cities like Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, DC.
The White House says its immigration enforcement is focused on anti-crime efforts.
Hochul and Mamdani discussed the possibility of an ICE surge in New York, which is the most populous US city, when they met last week. They agreed that such a surge would not improve public safety, according a readout of that meeting.
Earlier, New York State’s attorney general on Wednesday urged the public to submit photos, videos and other documentation of federal immigration operations to her office for review, a day after a high-profile raid targeted Manhattan street vendors.
Attorney General Letitia James said her office would review footage and other information from operations shared through a “Federal Action Reporting Form,” saying in a statement that “every New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation.”
President Donald Trump, a Republican, has launched an aggressive immigration crackdown in major US cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, DC. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Wednesday, opens new tab that the Trump administration would send more than 100 federal agents to the city to ramp up enforcement, citing an unnamed source.
Protesters in the cities have used phones to record ICE operations, which critics say have employed racial profiling and swept up many immigrants with no criminal records. The immigration raid on New York City’s Canal Street, a prominent shopping area known for bargain prices and imitation goods, triggered pushback in the street from residents in the vicinity. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
