Hold onto your hats, folks—New York City’s sanctuary policies are under fire for reportedly shielding thousands of criminal unauthorized migrants from federal deportation.
According to Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, the Big Apple is currently harboring 7,169 known criminal unauthorized migrants, a situation she argues endangers public safety due to the city’s refusal to cooperate with immigration enforcement, Breitbart reported.
McLaughlin dropped this bombshell during a recent interview with Fox News, pointing a finger at sanctuary city rules that prevent local officials from turning over these individuals to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Among this staggering number, McLaughlin highlighted that “hundreds of murderers, hundreds of sexual predators, drug traffickers, the worst of the worst” are housed in NYC jails.
Instead of facing deportation, these individuals are often released back onto the streets, free to potentially commit further crimes in sanctuary havens like New York or Chicago.
It’s a revolving door that McLaughlin warns could have dire consequences for law-abiding citizens.
McLaughlin didn’t hold back in criticizing certain politicians, specifically naming New York Democratic Congressman Dan Goldman for obstructing federal efforts to remove dangerous individuals.
She argued that if local leaders honored ICE detainers, there’d be no need for an increased federal presence on city streets.
“Dan Goldman and these other sanctuary city politicians,” McLaughlin noted, “they should agree to hand over those individuals, honor those detainers, and then we won’t have to flood the zone with our ICE law enforcement.”
Her point is sharp—if cooperation existed, we wouldn’t see federal officers dodging bricks and bottles, a subtle jab at the reported 1,150% spike in violence against ICE agents, as per recent DHS data.
McLaughlin painted a grim picture of what happens post-release, stating, “We’re seeing that these criminal illegal aliens are exiting the jails and going back onto New York or Chicago or these other sanctuary streets to re-perpetuate their crimes.”
That’s not just a statistic—it’s a warning bell for communities already grappling with crime rates.
On the flip side, Congressman Goldman has pushed back, claiming recent anti-ICE unrest in NYC stemmed from what he called “reckless behavior” by federal officers.
While sanctuary advocates argue these policies protect vulnerable populations, critics like McLaughlin counter that shielding known criminals undermines the very safety those policies claim to uphold.
The question remains—how many more chances should be given before public safety takes precedence over ideological stances? If cooperation with ICE could prevent even one tragedy, isn’t that worth a serious conversation, free from the usual political theater?
