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.
Mayor Eric Adams declined to take a clear stance on whether immigration arrests should be allowed at sensitive locations including schools.
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.
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.
Trump's immediate immigration enforcement plans include targeting Chicago, New York and Miami, though those plans may soon change.
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
Immigrants in Chicago and other U.S. cities have been preparing for immigration arrests since President-elect Donald Trump won the November election.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are planning a major enforcement operation that will target immigrants for several days following the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, according to a document reviewed by NBC News and a person familiar with the planning.
The Trump administration revoked a Biden-era policy that prohibited ICE arrests at or near schools, places of worship and other "sensitive locations."