Since Donald Trump made a campaign promise to undertake the largest deportation of immigrants in U.S. history, immigrant communities have eyed the potential presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the New York City shelters that house thousands of migrants.
NYC is a sanctuary city, which means it has local policies that protect undocumented immigrants from federal immigration enforcement. These policies limit cooperation between ICE and NYPD unless required by law, and sensitive locations including shelters, schools, and hospitals are barred from ICE entry — unless agents have a judicial warrant signed by a judge.
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