{"id":2402706,"date":"2025-02-14T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T17:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-expands-nyc-cooperation-with-ice-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T12:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T17:20:15","slug":"eric-adams-expands-nyc-cooperation-with-ice-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-expands-nyc-cooperation-with-ice-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams expands NYC cooperation with ICE &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feric-adams-expands-nyc-cooperation-with-ice-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402706&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York\u2063 City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a important shift in the city&#8217;s\u200c immigration \u200dpolicy by expanding cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This decision allows ICE access to \u200dRikers \u2062Island jail complex, where previously, a 2014 law enacted by former Mayor Bill de \u2062Blasio had restricted ICE&#8217;s \u200bability\u2062 to operate.\u2063 The new executive order facilitates the swift transfer of illegal \u200cimmigrants who have committed crimes into federal custody and could involve embedding New York Police Department detectives in federal\u200c task\u2063 forces targeting violent gangs.<\/p>\n<p>Adams emphasized the importance of addressing\u200d the\u200c city&#8217;s immigration crisis, stating that New York has been\u2062 overwhelmed by \u2064over 230,000 migrants \u200dsince 2022, resulting \u2062in substantial \u2064costs to the city.He expressed a desire to collaborate with the federal \u2062government rather than confront them, advocating for reforms to the \u200bimmigration system. His announcement\u200d follows a meeting with Tom Homan, a prominent figure from the Trump\u200c administration&#8217;s\u200d immigration \u200bpolicy.<\/p>\n<p>This executive\u2063 order has \u200cdrawn\u2064 criticism from local\u2063 Democrats, who suggest it \u2063amounts to a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">quid \u2062pro quo arrangement<\/a> with the federal government, particularly considering recent charges against\u2064 Adams being dismissed by the Department of\u200b justice. Critics like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have\u2063 accused Adams of endangering New Yorkers by \u200bprioritizing his political survival over public safety.Despite the \u2063backlash, Adams insists that \u2064the\u200b safety of New Yorkers remains his primary concern.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Eric Adams expands cooperation with ICE, sidelines NYC sanctuary city protections<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1990822\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>New York City Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Eric Adams<\/a> is allowing federal immigration authorities into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Big Apple<\/a>&rsquo;s largest criminal detention center to facilitate the Trump administration&rsquo;s deportation effort.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Adams issued an executive order Thursday authorizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> to access the Rikers Island jail complex after ICE offices in the criminal detention area were closed in 2014. The directive allows ICE agents to transfer illegal immigrants who have committed crimes from state prison to federal custody swiftly.&nbsp;The mayor is also eyeing ways to embed New York City Police Department detectives into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-sides-with-biden-admin-ruling-missouri-second-amendment-law-unconstitutional\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Sides with Biden Admin, Ruling Missouri Second Amendment ... \u2018Unconstitutional\u2019\">federal task forces<\/a> to target &ldquo;violent gangs.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As I have always said, immigrants have been crucial in building our city and will continue to be key to our future success, but we must fix our long-broken immigration system,&rdquo; Adams stated. &ldquo;Since the spring of 2022, New York City has been forced to shoulder the burden of a national humanitarian crisis where more than 230,000 migrants have come to our city seeking support, at a cost of approximately $7 billion, with little help from the previous administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is why I have been clear that I want to work with the new federal administration, not war with them, to find common ground and make better the lives of New Yorkers,&rdquo; the mayor added.<\/p>\n<p>His announcement followed a meeting earlier in the day with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-homan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tom Homan<\/a>, President Donald Trump&rsquo;s border czar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during an interfaith breakfast event in New York on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;They need to understand, if we arrest a bad guy at Rikers Island, then the alien&rsquo;s safe, the officer&rsquo;s safe, the community is safe,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LimbaughLegacy\/status\/1890139675412578621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Homan told <em>Newsmax<\/em><\/a>  after he met with the mayor. &ldquo;But when you release that public safety threat back in the public, what do I have to do? We need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chip-roy-texans-wondering-what-good-is-it-to-be-part-of-a-union-that-wont-secure-its-own-border\/\" title=\"Chip Roy: Texans Wondering What Good Is It To Be Part Of \u2018A Union That Won\u2019t Secure Its Own B...\u2019\">send law enforcement officers<\/a> into that community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Adams&rsquo;s executive order overturns a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/520-14\/mayor-bill-de-blasio-signs-law-bills-dramatically-reduce-new-york-city-s-cooperation-with#\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> bill signed into law<\/a> in 2014 by then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio that enacted some sanctuary city policies and prohibited ICE from accessing Rikers Island, as well as all criminal detention facilities in the city. A loophole in the law allowed Adams to reopen access to ICE, citing &ldquo;purposes unrelated to the enforcement of civil immigration laws.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The mayor&rsquo;s move Thursday comes after Homan warned that a lack of cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local and state law enforcement increases risks during ICE operations. Such policies put federal agents working to apprehend suspected criminals in public settings who were released from jails without ICE&rsquo;s knowledge in heightened danger, as well as community members, Homan contended.<\/p>\n<p>Adams&rsquo;s cooperation with the Trump administration in aiding ICE&rsquo;s deportations followed an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3316223\/doj-seeks-dismissal-corruption-case-eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> order from the Department of Justice<\/a> earlier this week halting a corruption case against the mayor. The directive argued the previous DOJ had weaponized the system against Adams for political reasons due to his resistance to the Biden administration&rsquo;s relaxed illegal immigration policies. The charges leveled against Adams were inappropriately timed to complicate his hopes for mayoral reelection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/02\/10\/nyregion\/adams-case-dismiss-memo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the memorandum suggested<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are particularly concerned about the impact of the prosecution on Mayor Adams&rsquo;s ability to support critical ongoing federal efforts to protect the American people from the disastrous effects of unlawful mass migration and resettlement,&rdquo; Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove wrote in the letter released Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When the news that Adams was opening Riker&rsquo;s Island to the Trump administration came days after the DOJ dropped the charges, New York Democrats accused the mayor of quid pro quo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The White House made a decision to dismiss the criminal charges pending against Mayor Adams without prejudice,&rdquo;&nbsp;House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said. &ldquo;Translation: It is the intention of the Trump administration to keep the current mayor on a short leash. How the mayor responds to the White House&rsquo;s intentions is going to determine a lot about the political future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3320268\/homan-floats-investigation-aoc-after-webinar-illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) was not far behind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mayor Adams is putting the City of New York and its people at risk in exchange for escaping charges,&rdquo; she said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AOC\/status\/1890182890073604437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> to X. &ldquo;As long as Trump wields this leverage over Adams, the city is endangered. We cannot be governed under coercion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adams characterized his executive order as a way to protect the city from violent criminals.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Keeping the 8.3 million New Yorkers who call our city home safe is, and will always remain, our administration&rsquo;s North Star,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1990822\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1990822\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Adams enhances ICE cooperation, weakening NYC sanctuary laws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2402707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/eric-ad.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15473,36661,8364,7332],"class_list":["post-2402706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cooperation","tag-eric-adams","tag-ice","tag-nyc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/eric-ad.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402710,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402706\/revisions\/2402710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}