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NYC prepares for potential ICE raids
The Pentagon is deploying 1,500 troops to the southern border as President Trump pushes forward with his mass deportation efforts. In New York City, migrants and local officials are bracing for potential ICE raids targeting schools, churches, and daycares. FOX 5’s Jessica Formoso has more.
NEW YORK – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted a nationwide operation that resulted in more than 460 arrests across several states – in its first major enforcement action under the Trump administration.
Big picture view:
Between Jan. 21 and Jan. 22, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested individuals with charges or convictions including sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault and drug offenses. Agents arrested nationals from a slew of countries, including Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Senegal and Venezuela.
ICE also issued over 420 detainers, which are requests to notify ICE when undocumented individuals are released from custody. The requests targeted individuals charged with severe crimes such as homicide, sexual assault and robbery.
Where were the arrests made?
Dig deeper:
The crackdown targeted undocumented immigrants with criminal records. Arrests occurred in multiple states, including:
New York
- A Honduran national, Franklin Osorto-Cruz, was convicted of driving while intoxicated. He was arrested in New York.
- A Jamaican national, Kamaro Denver Haye, arrested for “promote a sexual performance by a child less than 17 years of age and possessing sexual performance by child less than 16 years of age: possess/access to view.”
ICE-ERO New York arrested Kamaro Denver Haye, a citizen of Jamaica, on Wednesday. The New York City Police Department previously arrested Haye on Dec. 10, 2024, for “Promote a Sexual Performance by Child Less Than 17 Years of Age and Possessing Sexua
- On Jan. 22, ICE-ERO New York City arrested Jose Roberto Rodriguez-Urbina, a 22-year-old citizen of El Salvador and alleged MS-13 gang member.
(U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Massachusetts
- Fox News’ Bill Melugin reported that he witnessed ICE Boston make eight arrests, including multiple MS-13, Interpol Red Notices, murder and rape suspects, and a volatile Haitian gang member with 18 convictions in recent years who told cameras that he “ain’t going back to Haiti” and “f— Trump, Biden forever!”
An alleged MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador is arrested outside of Boston
Illinois
- An inadmissible Mexican national, Adan Pablo-Ramirez, was arrested in Illinois with convictions for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
Find more information from our sister station, FOX 32 Chicago, HERE.
Utah
- A Mexican national, Jesus Perez, was arrested in Salt Lake City and charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
California
- Colombian national Andres Orjuela Parra was arrested in San Francisco. He has a conviction of sexual penetration with a foreign object on an unaware victim.
Minnesota
- A Mexican national, Jesus Baltazar Mendoza, was convicted of 2nd degree assault of a child. He was arrested in St. Paul.
Florida
- Six unauthorized immigrants were arrested in Miami from Guatemala, with criminal histories including battery, child abuse, fraud, resisting arrest, DWI, trespassing and vandalism.
Maryland
- Details of the Maryland arrest were unknown.
What we don’t know:
Specific details on all 460 arrests were not disclosed.
By the numbers:
According to Pew Research Center:
- The U.S. recorded a record-breaking foreign born population of 47.3 million in 2023, meaning immigrants account for 14.3% of the population.
- As of 2022, 77% of the immigrants in this country were here legally, with 49% becoming naturalized citizens.
- About 23% are unauthorized immigrants., and other 4% are legal temporary residents.
What they’re saying:
Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, noted that ICE is prioritizing public safety threats, but will also target individuals in sanctuary cities.
‘Public safety threats’
“Right out of the gate it’s public safety threats, those who are in the country illegally that have been convicted, arrested for serious crime,” Homan said. “But let me be clear. There’s not only public safety threats that will be arrested, because in sanctuary cities, we’re not allowed to get that public safety threat in the jail, which means we got to go to the neighborhood and find him.”
As the landscape of immigration is expected to undergo major changes in 2025, FOX 5 NY will bring you the latest with reporters Jessica Formoso and Stephanie Bertini on the ground.
