NYC Mayor Eric Adams Agrees to Let ICE Agents Operate On Rikers Island

Today, New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with Border Czar Tom Homan to discuss the violent illegal alien gangs plaguing his city, and it turned out to be a very productive meeting!

Following the closed-door meeting with Homan, Mayor Adams announced that he will be signing an executive order to allow ICE to operate on the infamous Rikers Island, which houses the state’s largest and most notorious jail complex.

ICE previously had an office on Rikers Island, but it closed in 2014 after Bill DeBlasio, who was mayor at the time, signed a law declaring New York City a ‘sanctuary city.’

All that is coming to an end now, though…

Check out the details:

🚨BREAKING: NYC Mayor Eric Adams just announced an Executive Order allowing ICE agents to use Rikers Island to detain illegals.

Congratulations America!🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/5OvsA9oTYC

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) February 13, 2025

🚨BREAKING: Following a meeting with Tom Homan, New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveils a new Executive Order permitting ICE agents to function on Rikers Island. pic.twitter.com/khlS8k2tXc

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 13, 2025

🚨 JUST IN: NYC Mayor Eric Adams announces executive order letting ICE agents operate on RIKERS ISLAND after meeting with Border Czar Tom Homan, law enforcement – @BillMelugin_ / Fox pic.twitter.com/HwFO5EmZSv

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 13, 2025

After the meeting with Mayor Adams, Tom Homan issued a warning to illegal immigrants, saying he wants to catch every single one.

“I don’t care if you’re booked for shoplifting. You’re going to Rikers Island.”

How much more badass can you get?

Watch that clip here:

🚨 Tom Homan just sent a STERN warning to illegals in NYC, after Mayor agrees to allow him to jail illegals.

“I want EVERY illegal. I don’t care if you’re booked for shoplifting. You’re going to Rikers Island."

"Sue me. Bring it. I’m done. I’m not running a popularity contest…… pic.twitter.com/0LyM5KwHAt

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 14, 2025

The New York Post reported:

Mayor Eric Adams vowed to reopen the shuttered ICE office at Rikers Island following a closed-door meeting with President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan Thursday.

Adams, in a statement, said he was eyeing an executive order to reestablish a federal immigration presence at the troubled jail complex – with a new mandate to work with the feds on investigations targeting migrant criminals and gangbangers.

“We are now working on implementing an executive order that will reestablish the ability for ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island – as was the case for 20 years,” he said. “But now, instead ICE agents would specifically be focused on assisting the correctional intelligence bureau in their criminal investigations, in particular those focused on violent criminals and gangs.”

The hour-and-a-half meeting at Manhattan ICE offices was Adams’ second with Homan, and came after city council leaders met separately with the federal immigration czar.

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The Hill added some more details:

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he met with President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, on Thursday to prepare for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to resume operations on Rikers Island, which houses the city’s largest jail.

“Today, I met with ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan and local federal law enforcement officials to discuss how we can work together to remove violent migrant gangs from our city,” Adams said in a statement.

“We are now working on implementing an executive order that will reestablish the ability for ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island — as was the case for 20 years,” he continued.

The ICE office on Rikers Island closed in 2014 after then-Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a sanctuary city bill. Homan and Adams met in December and discussed their interest in reopening the ICE office, as Trump prepared to execute his mass-deportation campaign promise.

Adams said in his statement that the ICE agents would be focused specifically on “assisting the correctional intelligence bureau in their criminal investigations, in particular those focused on violent criminals and gangs.”

Adams also said he talked to Homan about ways that New York Police Department (NYPD) detectives could be embedded into federal task forces to help address “violent gangs” and crime.