Luis Ferré-Sadurní

The executive order seems to get around New York City’s sanctuary laws designed to prevent cooperation with the enforcement of federal immigration law.

In Corona, a once-vibrant New York City enclave home to generations of Latino immigrants, the threat of mass deportations has made many residents afraid to go outside.

The center in Newark, just miles from Manhattan, is close to an international airport and is expected to have space for as many as 1,000 migrants.

Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday that the hotel will stop housing migrants by June, calling the closure a milestone in New York City’s response to the crisis.

The money, Biden-era federal funds for sheltering migrants, disappeared from a city bank account without warning. New York wants it back.

The New York City comptroller’s office, which first noticed the missing money, said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had unilaterally taken the funds from the city’s accounts.

The Trump administration fired the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s chief financial officer and three others after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency had used disaster relief funds for migrant services.

City workers at migrant shelters, schools and hospitals can allow federal immigration personnel to enter city property if they feel threatened by the agents, a memo from City Hall said.

Nassau County, on Long Island, becomes the second county in New York State to join a federal program that uses local law enforcement officers as ICE agents.

ICE agents conducted roundups in New York City, and a day later, local authorities announced their own gang takedown. In immigrant neighborhoods, fear was palpable.