Officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Buffalo, New York, took a shot at the disastrous immigration policy of Governor Kathy Hochul when she announced the arrest of illegal migrants wanted.
Buffalo Field Office Director Thomas Brophy said he will continue to protect residents “no matter what the governor of New York says.”
“The men and women of ERO (Enforcement and Removal Operations) will continue to protect our communities from dangerous offenders, regardless of what the governor of New York state says,” he said in a release on Friday.
“We will not be deterred by the politicians we vote to protect the citizens of this country,” Brophy said.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul spoke during a press conference addressing the price of NYC congestion. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Brophy’s response came after ICE Buffalo announced the arrest of a Brazilian national who has been charged locally as well as charges in his home country of Brazil.
The agency said the unidentified migrant had been detained for strangulation and endangering the welfare of children. He is also under investigation in Brazil for several crimes, including murder.
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“This is the second case in as many days that ERO Buffalo officers have arrested a foreign national who tried to deal with these criminals by entering the United States illegally,” Brophy said.
Migrants line up outside a migrant re-entry ticketing center in New York City in 2023. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
He said the case was a reminder of the dangers of the country’s sanctuary status for migrants.
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“These cases highlight the dangers of ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions and state policies that discourage law enforcement from cooperating with ERO,” Brophy said.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said New York, which has seen more than 220,000 migrants arrive in the city since spring 2022, has “destroyed” by the surge of migrants.
The New York Times reported that Manuel Castro, New York’s commissioner of migrant affairs, has vowed not to follow the “instructions of the federal government in the case of mass deportation.”
Migrants board a state-sponsored bus in Eagle Pass, Texas, bound for New York City on March 11. (Christopher Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Castro’s statement reflects a trend by state and local officials who say they will oppose President-elect Trump’s immigration policies. Trump campaigned, in part, on enforcing strict immigration laws and deporting migrants.
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In Illinois, Democrats Governor JB Pritzker promised to uphold the holy status, boldly declaring, “If you come for my people, you come through me.”
In Los Angeles, Democratic Mayor Karen Bass was instrumental in passing local rules limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
“Especially in the face of so many threats to the immigrant community here in Los Angeles, I stand with the people of this city,” said Bass. “These times demand urgency. Protecting immigrants makes our communities stronger and our cities better.”
In Denver, Democratic Mayor Mike Johnston vowed to reject Trump’s proposed immigration policies, predicting a “Tiananmen Square moment” if federal immigration officials trying to do his job.
President Trump, left, and acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan talk during a law enforcement discussion on sanctuary cities in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2018. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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“More than we have the DPD (Denver Police Department) stationed across the county line to patrol, you’re going to have 50,000 Denverites there,” Johnston told the Denverite. “It’s like a Tiananmen Square moment with roses and guns, right? You’ll have every Highland mother coming out for the migrants.”
Trump has vowed to begin deportation efforts on his first day back in office, recently saying he would be open to declaring a national emergency and using the military to make it happen.
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Trump’s commitment to closing the border was reinforced by the appointment of a “border czar,” Tom Homanwho served as acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the first Trump administration.
“If you don’t want to work with us, then get the hell out of everything. We will do it,” Homan recently said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE Buffalo and Hochul’s office for comment.
