Reports indicate an upcoming shift in U.S. immigration enforcement with anticipated ICE raids across sanctuary cities after Trump's inauguration.

Over 250,000 New York residents have been ordered deported, according to a 2025 analysis of immigration court data.

Trump has signed orders to increase deportations and end birthright citizenship, sparking legal and social challenges.

A chorus of nationally known faith leaders and other clergy in the New York area had supported the New Sanctuary Coalition director's plea to be spared deportation.

The Trump administration rescinded a policy that limited immigration arrests at schools. NYC Mayor Eric Adams refrained from taking a clear stance on the issue.

New York’s status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants has shifted over time. Now, as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to enter office, it may shift once again.

The Trump administration revoked a Biden-era policy that prohibited ICE arrests at or near schools, places of worship and other "sensitive locations."

Trump's immediate immigration enforcement plans include targeting Chicago, New York and Miami, though those plans may soon change.

The orders include declaring a national emergency to deploy military personnel to the border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending birthright citizenship.

Congress could withhold hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds from sanctuary jurisdictions like New York City that limit information about non-citizens from being shared with federal

The locations expected to be targeted by deportation teams from ICE include those with large populations of immigrants, one source said.