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ICE Officials In New York Arrested More Than 20 Illegal Immigrants After Sanctuary City Policies Released Them

Ashe Schow

More than 20 illegal immigrants were arrested in New York last month by federal officials working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), many for violent crimes. An ICE official blamed some of the arrests on New York City’s “sanctuary” policies, though many of the arrests occurred outside the city.

Deportation officers for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Office (ERO) working out of the New York Field Office made the arrest, according to a press release from the agency, which called “sanctuary city politics” unsafe.

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