One of the main strategies President Donald Trump has pursued to carry out his mass deportation plan in his second term is to "flood the zone" with a slew of policy changes, executive actions, and a growing number of immigration enforcement agents. New Yorkers have seen all of these, from courthouse arrests to policies restricting immigrant households' access to benefits and programs.
"It's not a surprise. Donald Trump and the Trump administration has been coming after so called sanctuary cities since his first term. We had to litigate this issue successfully during Trump 1.0, from his early days of his second administration he has again been doubling down his threats to so called sanctuary cities."