Trump’s Immigration Raids In NYC, Homeland Security Chief Wants ‘Dirtbags Off The Streets’ Day One: 20 Arrests, Only 12 With Criminal Records
New York was among the latest cities where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agencies including the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) conducted raids, which are part of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies, or as the new Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem calls it “getting the dirtbags off the streets.”
Noem, wearing a bulletproof vest and surrounded by heavily armed officers, told followers on social media that she was present for at least one televised arrest of a suspected criminal in an apartment building in the Bronx.
As of late Tuesday, Federal law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News that 20 people were taken into custody in New York CIty. Twelve of them had criminal records and the other eight had no crimes connected to them except for entering the country without proper documentation.
“What they’re trying to do is instill fear in our communities and continue to push this narrative that …