Adams wants to reopen Rikers Island ICE office, Trump’s border czar says after mayor pulls ‘complete 180’ in sitdown
Story by Craig McCarthy, Jennie Taer, Matt Troutman • 3d
Mayor Eric Adams told incoming border czar Tom Homan he wants to reopen the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Rikers Island — sparking swift outrage from immigration advocates and setting up an almost-certainly fierce fight with the City Council.
The mayor’s desire to thaw the troubled jail complex’s ICE office — recounted to The Post by Homan — came during a cordial face-to-face between the pair Thursday at Gracie Mansion focused largely on sanctuary cities, deporting alleged criminal migrants and finding more than 320,000 missing migrant children, sources said.
The hardline Homan, who was handpicked by President-elect Donald Trump, said he left the hour-long sit-down convinced that the Democrat and former NYPD captain pulled a “complete 180” on his previously progressive immigration views.
“I truly believe sitting down with him, I saw the cop come out of him,” Homan told The Post Friday. “I think he really wants to help with public safety threats and he really wants to help find these children.”
Sources said the newfound chums devoted “quite a bit” of talk to reopening the Rikers ICE office — which closed after a 2014 sanctuary city law signed by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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