Border Czar Sees NY ICE Surge as Hochul Pushes Cooperation Curbs

New York’s push to limit state cooperation with federal immigration authorities will trigger a surge in enforcement activity, with more agents deployed into communities and an increase in arrests beyond initial targets, said White House border czar Tom Homan.

Governor Kathy Hochul’s drive to impose additional curbs on cooperation with immigration officials will force agents to shift away from arresting people already in custody and focus more on mounting operations in neighborhoods, Homan said Tuesday at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix.

Tom Homan during the keynote address at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona, on May 5.

Photographer: Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg

“You are going to see more ICE agents than you have ever seen before,” Homan ...