Immigration Operations and PR Campaign Hit New York

Our work started at 3 AM in NYC to arrest criminal aliens. Among the arrests was the ringleader of a vicious Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua. We’re getting these criminals off our streets. pic.twitter.com/plrljTOuRV

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) January 28, 2025

Nick Miroff and Kim Bellware for the New York Times report on immigration operations in New York in pursuit of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign: 

“Yet the White House’s ambitions have so far outpaced ICE’s infrastructure and ability to deliver on the president’s lofty promises. . . . The enforcement campaign’s value as an act of political messaging is another matter. [Yesterday], Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem arrived in New York to join the ICE teams, along with newly detailed FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration agents and U.S. Marshals, who began knocking on doors and making arrests at 6 a.m. Noem wore body armor and cheered an arrest in a social media post.”

KJ