Federal ICE agents conducted raids in New York City early Tuesday as part of President Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
The agents hit at least three locations in the Bronx and took at least two people into custody, sources said.
“Arresting some criminal aliens this morning in NYC – thank you to the brave officers involved,” Noem wrote on X Tuesday morning with pics of Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents preparing for the operation.
Noem also put out a video of ICE agents taking at least one person into custody, who the secretary called “a dirtbag.”
“Criminal alien with kidnapping, assault & burglary charges is now in custody – thanks to @ICE,” she said. “Dirtbags like this will continue to be removed from our streets.”
President Trump has directed ICE agents to first zero in on migrants and illegal aliens who have been accused of committing crimes in the U.S. The agency hasn’t given out any particulars about the detentions but have from time to time put out pictures of the more notorious criminal suspects.
“We are doing this right – doing exactly what President @realDonaldTrump promised the American people – making our streets safe,” Noem wrote on X.
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York division confirmed Tuesday it was working with ICE and other federal law enforcement partners on “immigration enforcement efforts” in New York City, including the arrest in the Bronx.
An email to the DEA Tuesday morning was not immediately returned.
