Adams says NYC is coordinating with ICE as mass migrant deportations loom

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said his administration has been coordinating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with regard to deporting illegal criminal migrants. 

Adams, a Democrat, said that migrants who commit violent crimes in the Big Apple would be dealt with by federal agencies despite the city’s sanctuary city laws. 

“There is a lot of room, we already have task forces with federal partners,” Adams said when asked if his administration can work ICE and at the same time comply with its sanctuary city law, which limits cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said his administration has been coordinating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with regard to deporting illegal criminal migrants.  (Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images and Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Border “czar” Tom Homan said on “America Reports” on Tuesday that ICE has begun the process of deporting some migrants. 

“ICE teams are out there as of today. We gave them direction to prioritize public safety threats that we’re looking for. So we were working up the target list,” Homan said. 

On Monday, Trump declared a national border emergency and signed a flurry of executive orders aimed at curbing illegal immigration, including canceling the CBP One app, which was created in 2020 to schedule appointments at points of entry into the U.S.

Trump also ordered government agencies to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), known as the Remain-in-Mexico policy. That policy, which was ended by the Biden administration during Trump’s first term, required migrants to stay in Mexico for the duration of their asylum hearings.

President Donald Trump vowed to end illegal immigration and deport millions of migrant criminals. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP)

Another order directed U.S. troops to be deployed to the border under U.S. Northern Command to prioritize U.S. border and territorial integrity in strategic planning.

President Trump also designated international cartels and organizations, including MS-13 and the bloodthirsty Tren de Aragua, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). An FTO designation allows for targeted action against members, including financial penalties.

He also signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.