<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams&#8217; administration on Tuesday reversed a decade-long sanctuary policy by allowing ICE to resume operations at Rikers Island jail to target criminal gangs and drug trafficking.</p>
<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) previously had a presence on the detention island along with other federal law enforcement agencies, with Rikers frequently transferring illegal immigrants into federal custody for deportation.</p>
<p>However, ICE was evicted from the notorious island in 2014 by the city’s sanctuary city law, effectively prohibiting any cooperation between the prison and federal law enforcement in deporting criminal aliens.</p>
<p>The executive order, <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/assets/home/downloads/pdf/executive-orders/2025/eo-50.pdf">issued</a> Tuesday, authorizes ICE&#8217;s Homeland Security Investigations division to establish an office at Rikers to collaborate on targeting violent criminals, gangs, and drug trafficking, according to ABC News.</p>
<p>“It is critical that federal law enforcement agencies are able to share intelligence with the Department of Correction and NYPD in real-time about criminal gang activity among individuals both inside and outside of DOC custody,” the order states.</p>
<p>The order also extends office space to other federal agencies including the FBI, ATF, DEA, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.</p>
<p>Adams <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nyc-lets-immigration-officials-open-office-rikers-jail-120648909">announced</a> plans to allow ICE agents to resume operations at Rikers in February following a meeting with Trump border czar Tom Homan, according to ABC News.</p>
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<p>Thank you Mayor Adams and Deputy Mayor Mastro! This is a great first step in our  continuing collaboration to make NYC even safer as President Trump has committed to.  Promises Made. Promises Kept. <br />~ Thomas D. Homan<br />    U.S. Border Czar</p>
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<p>&#8220;We cannot collaborate with ICE on civil enforcement, but we can for criminal enforcement. That is what we are doing,&#8221; Adams explained during a radio interview Wednesday. &#8220;That&#8217;s in complete conformity with the law.&#8221;</p>
<p>Adams&#8217; decision marks a significant shift in how one of America&#8217;s largest sanctuary cities approaches collaboration with federal immigration enforcement, even as Rikers is still barred from cooperating with ICE in the realm of civil enforcement.</p>
<p>The Rikers Island jail complex, located on an isolated island in the East River, has long suffered from disorder and neglect and currently <a href="https://apnews.com/article/rikers-island-jail-reform-contempt-reform-nyc-57d73548e61a28675e80ac0a2d927064">faces</a> a possible federal takeover.</p>
<p>Under the new executive order, ICE&#8217;s Homeland Security Investigations division will focus specifically on transnational crime at the facility, working with city corrections officials on criminal investigations and &#8220;related intelligence sharing&#8221; efforts targeting violent criminals, gangs, crimes committed in jails, and drug trafficking.</p>
<p>First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro, who issued the order, emphasized that this arrangement mirrors Rikers&#8217; relationship with ICE that existed pre-2014.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is about public safety and protecting all New Yorkers,&#8221; Mastro said in a statement.</p>
<p>When questioned about the timing of this decision coming shortly after federal prosecutors dropped corruption charges against him, Mayor Adams firmly rejected any connection. &#8220;There is no beholdening,&#8221; he stated during a Wednesday radio interview with WINS.</p>

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