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New York City is allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to return to its Rikers Island prison following recent demands placed on Mayor Eric Adams by the Trump administration.
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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.
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