Mayor Eric Adams has announced that federal immigration authorities will return to Rikers Island for the first time in a decade. This decision follows his meeting with Donald Trump's Border Czar, Tom Homan, where they discussed joint efforts to tackle violent criminal gangs. The mayor plans to issue an executive order to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to collaborate with local correction intelligence. Adams emphasized the importance of ensuring safety for New York City residents while expressing dissatisfaction over a recent $80 million aid clawback by federal authorities.
We discussed ways to embed more NYPD detectives into federal task forces, focusing on these violent gangs and criminal activity.
Keeping the 8.3 million New Yorkers who call our city home safe is and will always remain our administration's North Star.
The bombshell revelation that ICE would once again be able to operate on Rikers for the first time in 10 years.
Adams expressed dissatisfaction regarding the $80 million in migrant crisis aid that the feds clawed back from the city.
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