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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/big-change-nassau-county-police-begin- assisting-immigration-enforcement

Nassau County police officers will now be assisting federal authorities
with immigration enforcement in what county executive Bruce Blakeman is
calling a "big change" that "was sorely needed."

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Blakeman, who is a Republican,
explained that the Nassau County Police Department will embed 10
detectives within the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) to target illegal immigrant criminals in the county.

Additionally, the Nassau County Correctional Center will be setting aside dedicated space for illegal immigrant criminals, allowing ICE space to
hold them pending their removal from the U.S.

As part of the arrangement, Nassau County will receive federal funding to
help reimburse them for the extra personnel power and jail space made
available to ICE.

"Now we can call ICE up [and] ICE will come in and detain them or deport
them," he said. "So, it's a big change, and it's one that was sorely
needed."

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Blakeman said that the partnership was proposed by ICE as soon as
President Donald Trump returned to the White House. He said that he
believes the partnership will "absolutely" have a dramatic effect on
improving the safety and well-being of citizens and residents in Nassau,
which is one of the largest counties in the country.

"ICE approached us, asked us if we would cooperate, and I said absolutely
yes. I believe in their mission. I believe in cooperation with our federal
law enforcement professionals, and I thought it would make us safer in
Nassau County," he said. "I thought it was the right thing to do, and the
fact of the matter is, I'm just very grateful that President Trump is now allowing ICE to do their job, and I think that's very, very important
because it's going to keep us all a lot safer."

He explained that until now the state’s migrant sanctuary policies have
made it difficult for police and ICE to enforce federal immigration law
and get dangerous criminal migrants off the streets. Meanwhile, other
leaders in the state, such as New York Attorney General Letitita James, a Democrat, have threatened law enforcement with legal action if they assist
with ICE removal operations.

SANCTUARY CITIES THAT REFUSE ICE REMOVAL REQUESTS COULD BE PUNISHED UNDER STATE, FEDERAL LEGISLATION

"We've had a 5-year-old girl who was raped by an illegal migrant. I mean,
how disgusting is that? We've had fentanyl come in from illegal migrants
south of the border with amounts that could kill our whole population," he said. "Well, now, those individuals who are involved in that type of
activity will either be permanently detained or they will be deported ….
So, it'll be a safer community."

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"I can't speak for any of the state officials up in Albany. They've
promulgated bizarre laws that give criminals more rights than victims. You
just have to scratch your head and say to yourself, why are they always sticking up for criminals? When are they going to start sticking up for victims?" he asked. "All I can say is here in Nassau County, we're going
to follow the federal law."

Blakeman clarified that Nassau County officers will not be conducting immigration enforcement raids with ICE, but rather working in tandem with
the agency to facilitate the smooth transfer of illegals for deportation.

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"This is for targeted criminals who are here illegally in America. So basically, what would happen is, let's say a police officer arrests
somebody for committing a crime in Nassau County. They would then do a background check. They would check the records of ICE. It would be
determined that they were here illegally and then we would notify ICE and
ICE would come and pick them up."

Blakeman said that as far as he is concerned, the partnership with ICE and federal authorities will remain in place for "as long as it’s necessary."

"After Joe Biden was elected president, Joe Biden's directive was that ICE should not be enforcing the law, that basically individuals that were
illegal migrants who committed crimes should be treated like citizens. And
ICE was paralyzed," he said. "Now, under President Trump, they are
enforcing the laws that are already on the books, and we are going to
assist them in enforcing the law because it will mean that we'll have a
safer county."


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