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“We will continue operations. Nothing changes,” Homan, who previously served as acting ICE director, said.
On the campaign trail, Mamdani called ICE a “rogue agency” that “has no interest in laws, no interest in order.”
“It is the actions of masked men in unmarked cars picking up Americans and New Yorkers, whether they’re going in for a regular immigration check-in or they’re just in their apartment lobby like Mahmoud Khalil,” Mamdani previously told far-left host Mehdi Hasan.
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Mamdani has also promised to provide $100 million in taxpayer funds for the legal defense of illegal immigrants, calling it a “cornerstone” of his campaign. He told supporters in June that he would fight “to stop ICE agents from deporting our neighbors.”
The Department of Homeland Security argued that Mamdani’s anti-ICE stance will only increase crime in New York City.
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When sanctuary politicians ignore ICE detainers, they are protecting criminal illegal aliens at the expense of American citizens. ICE is arresting and removing barbaric criminals with prior convictions for rape, murder, drug trafficking, and instead of holding them for ICE, sanctuary politicians release them back into your communities,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire.
“These reckless policies have deadly consequences. ICE will continue placing detainers, enforcing immigration law, and defending public safety—because every American deserves to feel safe in their own neighborhood,” she added.
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https://www.dailywire.com/news/nothing-changes-homan-vows-to-press-ahead-with-ice-raids-in-nyc-after-mamdanis-victory