ICE Arrests 114 Immigrants In 11-Day NYC Swoop, Feds Say

MANHATTAN, NY — More than 100 people were arrested across New York City in an 11-day operation by U.S. immigration officers, federal officials announced on Wednesday.

Officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 114 undocumented migrants, the agency said. The majority of those arrested will now face deportation, although 11 people will be prosecuted for reentering the U.S. after having been previously deported, the agency said. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Of those arrested, 36 were in Manhattan, ICE said in a statement. Another 32 people were arrested in Queens, 15 in Brooklyn and 11 in the Bronx, according to federal figures.

President Donald Trump has urged increased deportation of undocumented migrants, particularly those with criminal convictions. According to ICE, 82 of the 114 arrested in the recent raid had been convicted of a crime. They included violent convictions – one man had been found guilty of manslaughter and another convicted of rape — but also nonviolent crimes. Five people had convictions for possessing drugs, and seven people had charges related to fraud, according to ICE.

Among those arrested, 15 have pending criminal charges and have not yet been convicted of a crime, according to the ICE statement.

New York City is one of a number of prominent cities to declare itself a "sanctuary city," vowing to refrain from cooperating with federal immigration authorities in specific cases. Trump has condemned sanctuary cities and vowed to withhold federal funding from any municipalities that refuse to work with ICE and other federal agencies.

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