President Donald Trump’s new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, tweeted video Tuesday morning of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arresting a man in New York City.
ICE agents conducted roundups in New York City, and a day later, local authorities announced their own gang takedown. In immigrant neighborhoods, fear was palpable.
A Bronx neighborhood was stunned by an early morning raid by federal immigrant agents — and to learn that a suspected vicious migrant gangbanger was living among them.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was in New York City on Tuesday morning, announcing the arrest of an undocumented immigrant facing several charges.
ICE has 25 field offices spread out across the U.S. that have reportedly been given "goals" of around 75 illegal immigrant arrests per day.
While crime has long been a problem in their neighborhood, Bronx residents said, immigration enforcement actions there are rare.
The quota was implemented because President Donald Trump has been disappointed with deportation action so far, the Washington Post reported. Meanwhile, ICE agents arrested an individual in the Bronx Tuesday morning.
Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.
In a display of force aimed at increasing arrests and generating publicity, the administration targeted the nation’s largest city, where sanctuary policies limit cooperation with ICE.
DHS Secretary Noem rode alongside federal agents targeting a high-profile Venezuelan gang member during immigration enforcement in the Bronx.
ICE arrests are being carried out across the United States since Donald Trump's inauguration last week. Newsweek's live blog is closed.