Exclusive | NY rejects 16,000 Trump ICE detainers for illegal migrants accused or convicted in over 52,000 crimes
WASHINGTON — New York blew off 16,000 Trump administration ICE orders to detain suspected heinous illegal migrants accused or convicted in more than 50,000 criminal charges, disturbing new data show.The Department of Homeland Security said the municipalities across the Dem-driven state have refused to comply with its detainment requests 16,070 times since President Trump re-entered office fewer than two years ago — refusing to hand over criminal migrants suspected or convicted of everything from murder to kidnapping and sexual assault.“While sanctuary politicians continue to release dangerous criminals onto their streets, our brave law enforcement officers will continue to risk their lives to arrest these heinous criminals and make America safe again.Illegal aliens have no sanctuary in America.” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told The Post.“We enforce these laws with no help from Mayor [Zohran] Mamdani and Governor [Kathy] Hochul.“The Trump Administration is committed to protecting the American people in every city and every state, and we won’t let sanctuary politicians stand in our way,” Mullin said.ICE detainers are requests made to state and local law-enforcement agencies asking them to detain a suspected illegal migrant for as long as 48 hours so that the feds can have enough time to take custody of them.But Albany lets local governments throughout the state set their own policies, turning places such as the Big Apple into dangerous lefty “Sanctuary Cities” that refuse to honor the requests.Hochul even signed the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act in August, which imposed restrictions on certain types of statewide cooperation with ICE on civil immigration matters.The Trump administration has dubbed New York an entire “Sanctuary State” because of its policies restricting cooperation with the feds on immigration enforcement.There were a deeply troubling 52,503 criminal charges or convictions associated with the ICE detainers that the municipalit...