Adams vows to let ICE brokers work at Rikers Island after assembly with border czar

New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday stated a plan was being labored on to permit federal immigration authorities to function on Rikers Island following a gathering with border czar Tom Homan, a major step given the town’s sanctuary insurance policies. 

Adams met with Homan throughout a closed-door assembly. In a press release, he stated an govt order was being labored on to “reestablish the power for ICE brokers to function on Rikers Island — as was the case for 20 years.”

“However now, as an alternative, ICE brokers would particularly be centered on helping the correctional intelligence bureau of their prison investigations, specifically these centered on violent criminals and gangs,” he added. 

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The Rikers Island jail complicated is seen with the Manhattan skyline within the background on June 20, 2014. (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig, File)

Adams stated the pair mentioned find out how to fight violent migrant gangs and embedding extra New York Police Division officers into federal job forces. 

In contrast to many blue metropolis mayors, Adams has expressed curiosity in working with the Trump administration to crack down on unlawful immigration in an effort to fight crime. 

He famous that New York shouldered a bigger variety of migrants transported to blue cities from the southern border. 

“New York Metropolis has been pressured to shoulder the burden of a nationwide humanitarian disaster the place greater than 230,000 migrants have come to our metropolis in search of help, at a price of roughly $7 billion, with little assist from the earlier administration,” Adams stated. 

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Border czar Tom Homan, left, met with New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday to debate the town’s ongoing migrant disaster.  (Getty Photographs)

“That’s the reason I’ve been clear that I need to work with the brand new federal administration, not conflict with them, to seek out frequent floor and make higher the lives of New Yorkers,” he added. 

The assembly got here days after the Justice Division ordered federal prosecutors to drop a bribery case in opposition to Adams. 

Performing Deputy Lawyer Basic Emil Bove despatched a letter to the appearing U.S. Lawyer for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) on Monday, instructing the SDNY to drop the federal case in opposition to Adams and dismiss it with out prejudice. 

NYC Mayor Eric Adams sits down for an interview with Fox Information anchor Martha MacCallum. (Fox Information / The Story)

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In response, Performing U.S. Lawyer Danielle Sassoon resigned on Thursday in a letter to Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi. 

In the meantime, the Trump administration has taken a tough stance in opposition to sanctuary cities. On Wednesday, Bondi put New York and different cities on discover. 

“It is a new DOJ,” she instructed reporters whereas asserting a lawsuit in opposition to New York state and authorities officers. “New York has chosen to prioritize unlawful aliens over Americans. It stops. It stops at present.”