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Business Standard
a day ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
Trump deploys more immigration agents to NYC after migrant shoots officer
The Trump administration will send additional immigration agents to New York, blaming the city's sanctuary policies for a shooting by an undocumented migrant that left an off-duty federal customs officer seriously wounded. The announcement, delivered by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from One World Trade Center on Monday, marked an escalation in the administration's efforts to assert federal control in Democratic-led cities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities. The shooting occurred Saturday night near the George Washington Bridge, where an off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer was sitting with a friend along the Hudson River. Police said that two men approached on a scooter and one opened fire. The officer returned fire but was shot in the face and arm. A suspect, 21-year-old Miguel Mora, was also wounded and taken to a hospital. Noem said Mora, a Dominican national, entered the US illegally in 2023 and was under a deportation order issued in November. He had been arrested four times on charges including assault, grand larceny and armed robbery, and was wanted in cases in New York and Massachusetts. 'This didn't have to happen. It was because of sanctuary city policies and failed leadership,' Noem said. Jay Clayton, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Mora would be charged in Manhattan federal court. A second suspect was arrested on Monday, while the federal officer remains hospitalized and is expected to recover. New York's 'sanctuary' laws, passed in 2014 and 2017, bar city agencies including police from carrying out most civil deportation actions unless the individual has been convicted of one or more of 170 serious crimes — including homicide, rape and robbery — within the past five years. It's one of several major US cities — along with Los Angeles, Chicago and others — that have adopted so-called sanctuary policies restricting local law enforcement from assisting in most federal immigration actions. The Trump administration has vowed to crack down on those jurisdictions — even sending the California National Guard and Marines into LA — arguing that such policies endanger public safety and undermine federal law. Mayor Eric Adams defended the city's approach Sunday, saying it follows state law. 'Here in New York City, our laws are clear on what we can do and what we can't do,' Adams said. 'We will always coordinate with our partners going after dangerous individuals.' The Trump administration sees the matter differently. Tom Homan, the administration's border czar, said the city's refusal to let federal officers to make jail-based arrests has forced US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to conduct higher-risk operations in neighborhoods. 'You don't want to let us in the jails to arrest a bad guy in the safety and security of a jail,' Homan said. 'You want to release him into the street, which makes it unsafe for the alien, because anything can happen in an on-street arrest. 'So what are we gonna do?' he added. 'We're gonna put more agents in New York City to look for that bad guy. So sanctuary cities get exactly what they don't want: more agents in the community.' The enforcement expansion is backed by $150 billion in new federal funding approved as part of a broader immigration and border security initiative. The package includes money to hire 10,000 additional officers and expand detention capacity nationwide.
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Business Standard
a day ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
Trump admin lashes out at NYC, 2nd man arrested in customs officer shooting
US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blamed the mayor and city council, nearly all Democrats, saying the people that were in charge of keeping the public safe refused to do so AP New York The Trump administration lashed out Monday against New York City officials over their sanctuary policies as authorities arrested a second man living in the country illegally in connection with the shooting of an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem called the two suspects, both from the Dominican Republic, scum of the earth. She said they'd accumulated lengthy criminal records in just a few years and should have never been free to commit Saturday's robbery-gone-wrong in a Manhattan park. Noem blamed the mayor and city council, nearly all Democrats, saying the people that were in charge of keeping the public safe refused to do so. Border czar Tom Homan, meanwhile, vowed the administration would flood the zone with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following the shooting. So sanctuary cities get exactly what they don't want: more agents in the community, he said alongside Noem and other officials during a news conference at CBP's offices in Manhattan. New York and other cities have longstanding laws and policies that limit or restrict local government involvement in federal immigration matters. New York Democrats also passed a 2019 law abolishing pretrial incarceration for most nonviolent offenses, arguing defendants are innocent until proven guilty and keeping people locked up before trial often does more harm than good. Christhian Aybar Berroa, the alleged getaway driver, was apprehended early Monday and was expected to appear later in federal court in Manhattan, authorities said. The alleged shooter, Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, was taken into custody Sunday after arriving at a Bronx hospital with gunshot wounds to the groin and leg. Police say Mora Nunez shot the customs officer in the face and arm before being wounded and fleeing. The 42-year-old customs officer, who was not in uniform, had been sitting with a woman in a park beneath the George Washington Bridge in upper Manhattan when two men approached on a moped, according to police. When he realized he was being robbed, the officer drew his service weapon and both he and one of the suspects fired at each other. The officer, who has not been identified by authorities, is recovering and is expected to survive, Noem said. He works for Customs and Border Protection, whose officers dress in blue and are stationed at airports and land crossings. Green-uniformed Border Patrol agents patrol mountains and deserts for illegal crossings. No lawyers were listed for Aybar Berroa or Mora Nunez on the federal court case database and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan didn't respond to emails seeking comment. Noem blamed city officials for allowing Aybar Berroa to remain free, despite being arrested at least four times since his arrival in 2022. She said he'd been ordered deported by a federal immigration judge in 2023, but New York City officials ignored immigration detainers and released him before federal agents could take him into custody. Police say 21-year-old Mora Nunez, the suspected shooter, entered the country illegally in 2023 and had two prior arrests for domestic violence in New York. He is wanted in New York to face accusations of robbery and felony assault, and in Massachusetts over a stolen weapons case. Mayor Eric Adams, at a separate press conference, distanced himself from the so-called sanctuary city policies that Noem and other federal officials blamed for the shooting. I've always been clear: stop the revolving door system, said the former police captain, who has long called for increased cooperation between city police and federal immigration authorities. Go after the dangerous migrants and asylum seekers. At the same time, Adams said the city's sanctuary policies were enacted in order to encourage otherwise law-abiding immigrants to seek police help or medical care without fear of being deported. Adams issued an executive order earlier this year allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies to maintain office space at the city's notorious Rikers Island jail complex. That plan, a priority for President Donald Trump's nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration, was blocked by a state judge last month. The City Council had sued, casting it as a concerning potential case of Adams changing city policy in return for Trump's Justice Department dropping corruption charges against him. The New York Civil Liberties Union and other immigrant advocates criticized Noem and federal officials on Monday for exploiting a tragedy to further the Republican administration's immigration agenda. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
New York Post
a day ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Trump demands an end to ‘complete disaster' cashless bail: ‘The worst criminals are flooding our streets'
President Donald Trump demanded cashless bail end immediately on Monday, citing crime in U.S. cities, as well as increased attacks on law enforcement. 'Crime in American Cities started to significantly rise when they went to CASHLESS BAIL. The WORST criminals are flooding our streets and endangering even our great law enforcement officers,' Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. 'It is a complete disaster, and must be ended, IMMEDIATELY!' Trump wrote. The post was published as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a press conference in New York City after visiting a Customs and Border Protection officer who was shot while off-duty on Saturday night. The suspect is a previously deported Dominical national, who Noem said has a 'rap sheet that is a mile long,' has an active warrant against him in Massachusetts for armed robbery with a firearm, and who has been arrested in New York City four separate times. Noem criticized the open border policies under former President Joe Biden, as well as sanctuary polices in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago in particular in the wake of the shooting. 'When I look at what Mayor Adams has done to New York City, it breaks my heart to see the families that have suffered because of his policies,' Noem said. 'We can look across this country at other mayors. We look at Mayor Wu in Boston and what has happened there under her watch, what's happened in LA with the riots and the violence and the protests that have gone on because of Mayor Bass and what she has perpetuated. When you look at Mayor Johnson in Chicago and how devastating it is to live in that city in some of those poorest communities, how they suffer every single day with the violence that's in front of them.' 4 'It is a complete disaster, and must be ended, IMMEDIATELY!' Trump wrote. Gripas Yuri/ABACA/Shutterstock 4 The suspect is a previously deported Dominical national, who Noem said has a 'rap sheet that is a mile long.' New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer, has been a strong critic of the state's cashless bail law, which was enacted by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2019 and perpetuated under his successor, current Gov. Kathy Hochul. Cuomo, while campaigning for mayor, has noted the cashless bail law has faced amendments that increased judicial discretion in recent years, but he has defended criminal justice reform broadly as a correction of racial and income inequities. Adams, who has argued Cuomo-era bail reforms drove up recidivism rates, resulting in offenders repeatedly being arrested and released back on the streets, now faces the former governor in November's mayoral election. Adams and Cuomo are both independent candidates in the contest, where Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani is seen as the front-runner after his June primary win. Mamdani has promoted radical initiatives, such as eliminating all cash bail and abolishing prisons. 4 Kristi Noem held a press conference in New York City after visiting a Customs and Border Protection officer who was shot while off-duty. Paul Martinka Under his tenure, Cuomo pushed policies discouraging state agencies from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). While Adams initially defended New York City's 'sanctuary' status, he grew critical of the Biden administration amid surges of illegal immigrants arriving to the Big Apple from the southern border and has more recently cooperated with the Trump administration's border czar, Tom Homan, on immigration enforcement. DHS reported last week that ICE officials are facing an 830% increase in assaults in the first six months of Trump's term compared to the same time period last year. Illinois, meanwhile, broadly eliminated all cash bail in 2023 with a provision included in law known as the SAFE-T Act. The provision, dubbed the Pretrial Fairness Act, was endorsed by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who argued at the time that 'cash bail does not make communities safer' and 'has simply exacerbated existing inequities and disparities in the criminal legal system,' according to FOX 32 Chicago. 4 Noem criticized the open border policies under former President Joe Biden, as well as sanctuary polices in New York City. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Former and current Chicago-area police officials recently spoke to FOX 32 condemning the SAFE-T Act, arguing the elimination of cash bail helps criminals and harms police officers. In Los Angeles County, what's known as the 'Pre-Arraignment Release Protocol (PARP)' took effect in October 2023, eliminating cash bail for most nonviolent offenses. It was met with an initial wave of lawsuits from 12 cities who argued the zero-bail switch jeopardized public safety. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County in March defended the protocol in a report that argued judges can conduct individualized risk assessments based on a suspect's criminal history, flight risk and offense severity.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
ICE will ‘flood the zone' in NYC
NEW YORK — The Department of Homeland Security will 'flood the zone' with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New York City after the City Council blocked federal law enforcement agencies from opening an office in the city jails, President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan said Monday morning. Homan joined DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials to deliver that message at One World Trade Center after an off-duty federal customs officer was shot by an undocumented immigrant in an attempted robbery Saturday night, Noem said. 'You don't want to let us in the jails to arrest a bad guy in the safety and security of a jail. You want to release him into the street, which makes it unsafe for the alien, because anything can happen in an on-street arrest,' Homan said. 'So what are we gonna do? We're gonna put more agents in New York City to look for that bad guy. So sanctuary cities get exactly what they don't want: more agents in the community.' The alleged shooter entered the country illegally in 2023 during then-President Joe Biden's tenure and had been arrested and released four times in the years since, Noem said. She blamed the shooting on New York's sanctuary city policies that limit the city's cooperation with civil immigration enforcement and Mayor Eric Adams for not changing the policies, despite his good relationship with the Trump administration. 'Make no mistake, this officer is in the hospital today fighting for his life because of the policies of the mayor of this city and the City Council and the people that were in charge of keeping the public safe. They refused to do so,' Noem said. Adams has said he wants to cooperate with federal authorities on immigration more but blamed the left-leaning City Council for not letting him. 'I have nothing to do with the rules that are put in place. I just carry out the rules,' Adams said at an unrelated press conference Monday when asked to respond to Noem. Adams said he welcomes more ICE agents in the city if they're going to help the city go after 'dangerous people' like the alleged shooter, but said that 'if it's going to be to go after everyday individuals who are trying to complete the path, who are trying to be a citizen, I don't think we should do that.' The City Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, the Democratic nominee for city comptroller, shot back. 'To be clear: ICE can and does detail people on Rikers,' he posted on X, referring to the island holding the city's jails. 'They just need a judicial warrant. [What] Homan is talking about is sending masked, unidentified agents into our streets to tear apart families and raid workplaces. This is not about safety. It's about instilling fear.' The plan to increase staffing in New York City comes after Trump vowed to focus immigration enforcement on Democratic-led cities. 'What we'll do in a city like this is we'll double down,' Noem said Monday of New York. 'We'll put more agents here. We'll put more personnel here. We'll give them more equipment, more training for situations where they may have to go into a dangerous neighborhood where local law enforcement won't be there to have their backs.' DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on current staffing levels and what an increase would look like. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
TSA is giving parents their own security lanes to make family travel less stressful
From family-only security lanes to TSA PreCheck discounts, here's how the new campaign is transforming air travel for parents. Traveling through airport security with kids just got easier. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announces the 'Families on the Fly' campaign, a groundbreaking initiative designed to make air travel more accommodating for families. Dedicated family lanes and personalized support Launched by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and unveiled by Secretary Noem, 'Families on the Fly' introduces dedicated security lanes for families at select airports. These family lanes are already operational at Orlando International (MCO) and Charlotte-Douglas International (CLT), with plans to expand to John Wayne Airport (SNA), Daniel K. Inouye International (HNL), and others in the coming months. This latest initiative continues the agency's mission to bring the U.S. into the "Golden Age of Travel", emphasizing customer experience and hospitality while maintaining high security standards. The dedicated family lanes provide a streamlined process, where TSA officers are trained to work with children and parents in a more patient and supportive manner. 'DHS and TSA are committed to making the airport security experience as smooth and stress-free as possible for traveling families,' said Adam Stahl, the Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy TSA Administrator. 'This is about meeting families where they are and supporting them with smarter solutions.' The TSA PreCheck discount: A smart move or strategic pivot? Perhaps the most notable addition to the campaign is the upcoming discounted TSA PreCheck® fee for families. While full details on pricing and eligibility haven't been released, TSA confirmed that this offering will launch soon, likely in time to help families prepare for the holiday travel season. This move appears to be more than just a goodwill gesture; it's a timely response to the lingering question: Is TSA PreCheck still a valuable option? After the agency revised its policy of requiring passengers to remove their shoes during security screenings nationwide, a policy rooted in the infamous 2001 'Shoe Bomber' incident, many travelers, especially parents, began reevaluating the benefits of enrolling in TSA PreCheck. PreCheck allows approved travelers to bypass many of the standard screening hassles, such as removing shoes and liquids, which is also on the chopping block. For families, this means fewer meltdowns and faster processing through security checkpoints. The new discount could be the push many need to justify their decision to finally sign up, although children 17 and under can currently enjoy TSA PreCheck perks if traveling with an enrolled parent or guardian. Why now? The TSA has long walked a tightrope between security and convenience. But with mounting criticism from everyday travelers and public figures, the agency is clearly feeling the pressure to evolve. Between the Families on the Fly campaign, upcoming TSA PreCheck discounts, and underutilized services like TSA Cares, it's clear that the agency is making meaningful strides to accommodate families. TSA no longer views its role as just a security enforcer, but as a hospitality partner. As the program expands to more airports, including Tampa International (TPA), Charleston (CHS), Jacksonville (JAX), and San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International (SJU), families across the country can expect a more humane and supportive travel experience. With summer in full swing and the holiday season just around the corner, these changes couldn't have come at a better time. Solve the daily Crossword
