Speculation surrounds the potential deployment of immigration enforcement agents in New York City following threats from the Trump administration. Experts anticipate that agents may target immigrant communities and workplaces or display military-style enforcement. The threats were prompted by an attack on a Customs and Border Protection agent, allegedly involving undocumented immigrants with criminal backgrounds. The administration aims to challenge the city's sanctuary laws through litigation, claiming they undermine federal immigration enforcement efforts. Critics express concern over the implications of increased enforcement in urban areas.
"They effectively have a blank check," said David J. Bier, director of Immigration Studies at the Washington, D.C.-based Cato Institute, a libertarian public policy research organization. "With New York I think a thousand agents flying in is a reasonable proposition."
The speculation follows "border czar" Tom Homan's promise to "flood the zone" - New York City - with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
The Trump administration filed a federal lawsuit seeking to undo the city's sanctuary protections, contending they amount to an "intentional sabotage of federal immigration enforcement."
The threat followed last weekend's shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection agent at Fort Washington Park in Upper Manhattan.
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