More than 100 migrants have been rounded up in the Big Apple in the last week as part of President Trump’s ongoing ICE deportation raids.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers took the migrants into custody in New York City and surrounding areas, The City reported, citing arrest data.
The tally accounts for the number of busts that unfolded up until late Tuesday, according to the outlet.
Federal authorities arresting migrants in NYC. DEA New YorkIt wasn’t immediately clear where the dozens of migrants were being detained.
The feds kicked off the large-scale deportation sweep across the city on Jan. 28 – arresting more than two dozen accused illegal-migrant killers and traffickers after Trump greenlighted the raids.
New Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined heavily-armed agents as they raided locations in the Bronx under the early-morning cover of darkness.
Among the first arrests in the Big Apple was suspected violent Tren de Aragua gang leader, Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, who was being sought in an infamous, caught-on-camera break-in in Aurora, Colorado.
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A man is arrested during the raids in NYC.
A Dominican Republic national who was the subject of an Interpol red notice — wanted for a double homicide in his home country – was also busted.
Meanwhile, in the first nine days of Trump’s crackdown, federal immigration officials arrested more than 7,200 illegal migrants nationwide, officials said.
The raids have been centered on sanctuary cities like New York City, Chicago and Boston.
Those arrested include illegals accused of rape, sex crimes against minors, and guns and drug offenses, according to ICE.
