President Donald Trump’s new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, tweeted video Tuesday morning of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arresting a man in New York City.
A Bronx neighborhood was stunned by an early morning raid by federal immigrant agents — and to learn that a suspected vicious migrant gangbanger was living among them.
ICE agents made over 20 arrests on Tuesday in parts of Manhattan and the Bronx – including a suspected gang leader – as President Donald Trump's mass deportation project continues to ramp up.
ICE has 25 field offices spread out across the U.S. that have reportedly been given "goals" of around 75 illegal immigrant arrests per day.
Immigration advocacy groups and officials in the city and in Queens are on edge this week as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have made their way to the five boroughs.
While crime has long been a problem in their neighborhood, Bronx residents said, immigration enforcement actions there are rare.
"It's not a spectacle," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said of filming ICE raids. "This is our nation's law enforcement."
The quota was implemented because President Donald Trump has been disappointed with deportation action so far, the Washington Post reported. Meanwhile, ICE agents arrested an individual in the Bronx Tuesday morning.
ICE arrests are being carried out across the United States since Donald Trump's inauguration last week. Newsweek's live blog is closed.
DHS Secretary Noem rode alongside federal agents targeting a high-profile Venezuelan gang member during immigration enforcement in the Bronx.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was in New York City on Tuesday morning, announcing the arrest of an undocumented immigrant facing several charges.