Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Buffalo, New York, criticized Governor Kathy Hochul’s disastrous immigration policies as they announced the arrest of a wanted illegal immigrant.
Thomas Brophy, director of the Buffalo field office, said the state will continue to protect residents “regardless of what the New York governor says.”
“The men and women of ERO (Enforcement and Removal Operations) will continue to protect our communities from dangerous criminals, regardless of what the New York State Governor says,” he said in a statement Friday.
“We will not be deterred by the politicians who vote to protect the citizens of this country,” Brophy said.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks at a press conference regarding New York City’s congestion pricing. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Brophy’s response came after ICE Buffalo announced the arrest of a Brazilian national who faces numerous local charges as well as charges in his native Brazil.
The agency said the unidentified immigrant had pending charges of strangulation and endangering the welfare of a child. He was also investigated in Brazil for several crimes, including murder.
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“This is the second incident since ERO Buffalo police arrested an alien who entered the United States illegally and was trying to overcome a criminal past,” Brophy said.
Immigrants wait in line outside an immigrant re-ticketing center in New York City in 2023. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
He said the incident was a reminder of how dangerous the country’s sanctuary status is for migrants.
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“These incidents highlight the dangers of ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions and state policies that prevent law enforcement from working with EROs,” Brophy said.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said New York will see more than 220,000 immigrants arrive in the city starting in the spring of 2022. ‘Devastated’ by surge in immigration.
The New York Times reported. Manuel Castro, New York’s immigration director, vowed not to follow “the direction of the federal government in the case of mass deportations.”
Immigrants board a state-sponsored bus bound for New York City in Eagle Pass, Texas, on March 11. (Christopher Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Castro’s statement reflects a trend among state and local officials who say they will reject President-elect Trump’s immigration policies. Trump campaigned in part on enforcing strict immigration laws and deporting immigrants.
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Democrats in Illinois Governor JB Pritzker He promised to protect the sanctuary and boldly declared, “If you come for my people, you come through me.”
In Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass He was instrumental in passing local ordinances limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
“I stand with the people of this city, especially as threats to the immigrant community here in Los Angeles grow,” Bass said. “This is an urgent moment: Protecting immigrants makes our communities stronger and our cities better.”
In Denver, Democratic Mayor Mike Johnston pledged to resist President Trump’s proposed immigration policies and predicted a “Tiananmen Square moment.” federal immigration officer Tried to do their job.
President Trump, left, and Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan speak during a law enforcement debate on sanctuary cities in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 20, 2018. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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“There would be 50,000 more Denverites than if we had DPD (Denver Police Department) stationed at the county line to stop them,” Johnston told Denverite. “It’s like a Tiananmen Square moment with roses and guns, right? There will be all these Highland mothers coming out for the migrants.”
President Trump said he would begin deportation efforts on his first day in office, and he recently declared a national emergency and said he was willing to mobilize the military to make it happen.
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Trump’s promise to close borders is cemented by his choice to be ‘border czar.’ tom hormanHe served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the first Trump administration.
“If you don’t want to work with us, go all the way and we will,” Homan said recently.
Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE Buffalo and Hochul’s office for comment.
