While crime has long been a problem in their neighborhood, Bronx residents said, immigration enforcement actions there are rare.
New York political leaders are split over the recent increase in ICE deportation operations, with Republicans praising the crackdown and Democrats stressing authorities respect “sanctuary" policies.
The new Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, announced that she was on hand in the city to witness the arrest of an unauthorized immigrant connected to criminal activity.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) agents carried out an early morning raid in New York City on Tuesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has said. Noem shared video on X, formerly Twitter, showing officers leading away an individual.
Rep. James Comer​ has called on Adams and the mayors of Boston, Chicago and Denver to testify at an oversight committee hearing next month.
The Trump administration ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans Tuesday. While the move was blocked by a federal judge​, one of the many areas potentially impacted by the loss, if it's enacted,
New York leaders were trying to determine how the state will be affected by a Trump administration order to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans.
New York City anticipates receiving $9.6 billion in federal grants in the 2025 fiscal year, Comptroller Brad Lander said.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have begun in New York City, as the Trump administration is pushing for an increase in arrests of undocumented people across
The number of homicides across the United States declined by 16% in 2024, continuing a recent downward trajectory, according to the latest crime trends report from the Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank.
The SS United States was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef. But Coast Guard concerns have complicated the trip south.
In a display of force aimed at quickly increasing arrests and generating publicity, the administration targeted the nation’s largest city, where sanctuary policies limit official cooperation with ICE.