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this will significantly bolster ICE’s capacity to do regular immigration enforcement on Rikers Island.
From The New York Times
Federal immigration enforcers are welcome back to the New York City jail complex on Rikers Island — after a decade in exile under the city’s sanctuary-city laws — according to a mayoral executive orde...
From Newsday
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said the Rikers decision is among a series of “highly troubling recent events” since Adams' criminal charges were dropped.
From U.S. News & World Report

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Adams Is Allowing ICE to Return to Rikers. Here’s What to Know.
Federal immigration officials had been barred from the New York City jail complex. The mayor says they can return, but only to work on criminal cases.
ICE allowed back onto NYC's Rikers Island prison, with restrictions
The Eric Adams administration is permitting ICE to return to Rikers Island to help carry out criminal investigations into organized violence and migrant gangs like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua.
Adams administration will allow ICE to open office on Rikers Island
The Adams administration is making good on a promise to allow federal immigration agents to open an office on Rikers Island.
Mayor's office executive order will allow federal agents to return to Rikers Island jail
Federal immigration enforcers are welcome back to the New York City jail complex on Rikers Island — after a decade in exile under the city’s sanctuary-city laws — according to a mayoral executive order signed Tuesday.
Adams administration to let ICE onto Rikers in major concession
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration released a long-awaited executive order late Tuesday giving federal immigration authorities office space on the Rikers Island jail complex, in a significant change to New York’s sanctuary laws.
NYC will allow immigration agents to operate on Rikers Island
The Adams administration says the move will support law enforcement efforts. Critics say it sets a concerning precedent.
NYC Lets Immigration Officials Open an Office at Rikers Jail, a Priority for Trump
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at the Rikers Island jail to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations
ICE office to open at Rikers Island
The Adams administration is making good on a promise to allow federal immigration agents to open an office on Rikers Island. Only CBS News New York political reporter Marcia Kramer spoke with Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro about the plans.
NYC first deputy mayor issues executive order to allow ICE at Rikers Island
The Adams administration is making good on a promise to allow federal immigration agents to open an office on Rikers Island to coordinate investigations of international terrorist groups involved in serious violent crimes.
The New York Sun2d
Mother and Three Children Swept Up in Upstate New York ICE Raid Released After Locals Pitch Fierce Protest
During Saturday’s protest, participants trekked two miles to Mr. Homan’s residence, holding signs with slogans like “Bring our Kids Back,” “Power of the People Not People in Power,” “We are all immigrants,” and “Tom Homan Took Our Kids.”
Mom, 3 children detained by ICE and taken to Texas being returned to New York, officials say
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul had criticized detaining the family while their case was working its way through the U.S. immigration system.
The New York Times2d
Mother and 3 Children Detained by ICE at Upstate N.Y. Farm Are Released
The family was returned to New York after being taken into custody last month and held at a detention center in Texas, officials and advocates said. By Ed Shanahan Three children and their mother ...
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ICE detainments ramp up in Central New York, according to advocates and community leaders
She said that there will be an economic toll in Central New York on top of the human toll being paid as she describes ICE agents tearing families apart. "It's a slippery slope to giving up our rights.
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