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Border czar Tom Homan<\/a> is vowing to send more federal immigration agents to New York City, claiming the deployment surge is necessary in the wake of recent immigrant-friendly legislation signed by Governor Kathy Hochul.<\/p>\n Homan first levied the threat during a Monday interview on Fox & Friends<\/a>, where he told the panel there were imminent plans to scale up operations and promised it would be the largest presence of ICE personnel seen so far in the city.<\/p>\n \u201cYou are going to see more ICE agents than you have ever seen in New York City. And it\u2019s coming. I just reviewed an operational plan. I\u2019m not going to tell you exactly when it\u2019s going to happen, but it\u2019s coming,\u201d Homan said.<\/p>\n Homan was clear that the coming surge \u2014 or at least his threats about it \u2014 is planned in direct response to Governor Hochul<\/a>, who signed an extensive package of immigration legislation<\/a> into law late last month. Part of the state\u2019s annual budget, it bars state and federal law-enforcement officers from wearing masks, blocks ICE agents from \u201csensitive\u201d locations like hospitals and schools, and prevents local and county police departments from entering into cooperation deals, officially known as 287(g) agreements, with ICE.<\/p>\n During a press gaggle<\/a> with reporters in Washington on Tuesday, Homan reiterated the administration\u2019s intentions. \u201cYou can expect more ICE agents going to New York because Governor Hochul signed legislation that ended our 287(g) agreements, where one agent can arrest one bad guy turned over by a jail. Now, we\u2019ve got to send a whole team to look for that guy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Homan continued, \u201cWe\u2019re going to surge resources in New York. We have to.\u201d<\/p>\n On Monday, Hochul suggested Homan\u2019s words did not reflect what she had heard directly from President Donald Trump<\/a> during a prior meeting he held with the nation\u2019s governors, telling reporters<\/a> the border czar\u2019s \u201cgotta take that up with Trump.\u201d\u00a0The governor also struck a defiant note, writing on social media<\/a>, \u201cAs I\u2019ve told the President and Tom Homan, New York will never be a sanctuary for dangerous criminals. We will continue working with federal authorities to target violent offenders. But we will not stand by if ICE floods our communities with agents, separates families, and turns our neighborhoods into the backdrop for a campaign of fear.\u201d<\/p>\n Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> similarly criticized the Trump administration, invoking the city\u2019s ongoing role as a host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. \u201cWe will not allow ICE or anyone else to sow fear in our communities \u2014 especially at this moment,\u201d he said <\/a>on X. \u201cAs the world comes to our city, we will stand proudly with our immigrant neighbors and reject these attacks for what they are: an attempt to divide us.\u201d<\/p>\n Sign Up for the Intelligencer\u00a0Newsletter<\/p>\n Daily news about the politics, business, and technology shaping our world.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n