Top ICE Official Criticizes New York’s Sanctuary Status After Illegal Immigrant Attack on Police

Two NYPD officers were beaten by a group of individuals believed to be illegal immigrants outside a shelter near Times Square.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent monitors hundreds of illegal immigrants being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Building in New York City, on June 6, 2023. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

New York City’s strict sanctuary status policies are partly to blame for U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) being unable to stop illegal immigrants accused of violent crimes from fleeing the state, a senior federal immigration official has claimed.

The remarks come after two NYPD officers were beaten by a group of individuals believed to be illegal immigrants outside a shelter near Times Square on Jan. 27.