With more than 6,000 detainers issued in New York City, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency under the Trump administration’s targeting of criminal illegal immigrants is well on its way to surpassing the number detained during the entire Biden administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a July 23 statement.
Since Jan. 20, when President Donald Trump took office, ICE has issued 6,025 detainers in New York City, according to the statement.
“To put this into perspective, during the entire Biden administration, ICE only issued 9,472 detainers in NYC,” the agency said.
Under the current administration, the number of detainers lodged in NYC has gone up by more than 400 percent, said the DHS, adding that the agency is prioritizing “American people over criminal illegal aliens.”…