Jul 1, 2025 5:56 PM IST
US Stock Market LIVE Updates: NYC’s Immigration Arrests Jump 31%, Putting Sanctuary City to Test
The Trump administration’s tactics to swiftly detain and deport immigrants has businesses and advocates in New York City bracing for a crackdown, even as new data shows fewer arrests than other big cities with large immigrant populations.
More than 1,900 people have been arrested in New York City by federal immigration authorities since President Donald Trump took office, a 31% increase from the same period last year, according to figures obtained by the Deportation Data Project and analysed by Bloomberg. That’s far less than the increases in Los Angeles (112%), Chicago (97%) and Miami (238%).
But there’s an atmosphere of anxiety in New York, fueled in part by suspicions that city officials would increase cooperation with immigration agents and undermine sanctuary protections. “People have no idea if there are ICE vans driving around the city,” said Dave Giffen, executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless, which has worked to resettle asylum seekers in New York.