Mass deportations are coming to New York City as soon as President Donald Trump’s long-promised crackdown on illegal migrants gets underway, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has warned.
The Republican, who reps Staten Island and Brooklyn, told NY1 that the Big Apple is among the first sanctuary cities the feds will target amid Trump’s push to boot illegal migrants from the country.
“I met with [Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director] Tom Homan a couple weeks ago,” Malliotakis said in an interview right after Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
“Chicago is first, but New York will be right after that. So, I don’t know exactly how many days it will take.
“It’s focused on criminals. They are focusing on the cartels, the gang members, the sex traffickers, on the drug traffickers,” she added. “They want these dangerous people in this country removed. And so do my constituents.”
Deportation raids had reportedly been slated to kick off in Chicago as early as Tuesday — but they were put on hold at the last minute in a bid to restore an element of surprise, several law enforcement sources told The Post.
The development came after The Post had earlier revealed ICE was planning a “big f—king operation” in sanctuary cities, including the Big Apple, when Trump assumed office once again.
Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said the city would cooperate with the feds amid any planned raids in a bid to rid the city of violent criminals — but stressed the Trump administration was responsible for immigration policies.
“There’s no restriction for the NYPD to coordinate with the various task forces around criminality. There’s no restrictions. Nothing has changed there. We’re going to continue to collaborate with, all of our federal partners. When it comes down to illegal behavior,” Hizzoner said a day after attending Trump’s inauguration in Washington.
Adams insisted he has been clear in the past that “those who commit violent crimes in our city have violated their right to be in our city and in our country.”
“We’re going to continue to collaborate with ICE around criminality,” he said, adding that the federal government is “responsible for immigration policies.”
It comes after Homan, Trump’s border czar, pinned the Chicago delay on a leak — arguing there was no change to the overall crackdown plans.
“We’re not reconsidering any operations, there was a leak in Chicago so we’re looking at that leak and finding out how’s that affect officer safety concerns. Chicago’s not off the table, but we’re reconsidering when and how we do it,” Homan told Fox News on Sunday.
“When those bad guys have a heads-up that we’re hitting you at this time this day, it raises officer safety concerns.”
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