Friday, February 14, 2025
Midtown Manhattan
By: APB Staff Field & Studio Team
It’s been a whirlwind week for New York City Mayor Eric Adams following the Justice Departments dropping the federal corruption charges against him. President Trump’s Border Security Czar Tom Homan met with the Mayor in Manhattan to press him for a higher level of cooperation and to re-open Rikers Island to ICE agents to establish a base camp.
Adams said he would issue an executive order allowing federal immigration agents to operate on Rikers Island, sparking immediate outrage from elected officials and advocates who said it violates the city’s sanctuary laws, which bars its cooperation with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
It appears from the DOJ’s dropping of Adam’s case, that the Mayor will comply with President Donald Trump’s effort to find and deport undocumented migrants in the five boroughs, starting with those who are accused of crimes.
President Trump has reportedly grown impatient with the low numbers of deportations and wants the effort ramped up.
ABP News took to the streets to see the activity at migrant centers which during our time on patrol was calm and quiet.
This is a developing story that we will be staying on top of.
