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   NEW YORK — The Department of Homeland Security will “flood the zone” with   
   Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New York City after the City   
   Council blocked federal law enforcement agencies from opening an office in   
   the city jails, President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said Monday   
   morning.   
      
   Homan joined DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration   
   officials to deliver that message at One World Trade Center after an off-   
   duty federal customs officer was shot by an undocumented immigrant in an   
   attempted robbery Saturday night, Noem said.   
      
   “You don’t want to let us in the jails to arrest a bad guy in the safety   
   and security of a jail. You want to release him into the street, which   
   makes it unsafe for the alien, because anything can happen in an on-street   
   arrest,” Homan said. “So what are we gonna do? We’re gonna put more agents   
   in New York City to look for that bad guy. So sanctuary cities get exactly   
   what they don’t want: more agents in the community.”   
      
   The alleged shooter entered the country illegally in 2023 during then-   
   President Joe Biden’s tenure and had been arrested and released four times   
   in the years since, Noem said. She blamed the shooting on New York’s   
   sanctuary city policies that limit the city’s cooperation with civil   
   immigration enforcement and Mayor Eric Adams for not changing the   
   policies, despite his good relationship with the Trump administration.   
      
   “Make no mistake, this officer is in the hospital today fighting for his   
   life because of the policies of the mayor of this city and the City   
   Council and the people that were in charge of keeping the public safe.   
   They refused to do so,” Noem said.   
      
   Adams has said he wants to cooperate with federal authorities on   
   immigration more but blamed the left-leaning City Council for not letting   
   him. “I have nothing to do with the rules that are put in place. I just   
   carry out the rules,” Adams said at an unrelated press conference Monday   
   when asked to respond to Noem.   
      
   Adams said he welcomes more ICE agents in the city if they’re going to   
   help the city go after “dangerous people” like the alleged shooter, but   
   said that “if it’s going to be to go after everyday individuals who are   
   trying to complete the path, who are trying to be a citizen, I don’t think   
   we should do that.”   
      
   The City Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment.   
      
   Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, the Democratic nominee for city   
   comptroller, shot back. “To be clear: ICE can and does detail people on   
   Rikers,” he posted on X, referring to the island holding the city’s jails.   
   “They just need a judicial warrant. [What] Homan is talking about is   
   sending masked, unidentified agents into our streets to tear apart   
   families and raid workplaces. This is not about safety. It’s about   
   instilling fear.”   
      
   The plan to increase staffing in New York City comes after Trump vowed to   
   focus immigration enforcement on Democratic-led cities.   
      
   “What we’ll do in a city like this is we’ll double down,” Noem said Monday   
   of New York. “We’ll put more agents here. We’ll put more personnel here.   
   We’ll give them more equipment, more training for situations where they   
   may have to go into a dangerous neighborhood where local law enforcement   
   won’t be there to have their backs.”   
      
   DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on current   
   staffing levels and what an increase would look like.   
      
   https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/21/ice-new-york-city-enforcement-   
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