Mayor Eric Adams and prime NYPD brass stood shoulder to shoulder with president Trump’s controversial Border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday to announce the arrest of alleged Tren De Aragua gang members who could or could not face due course of earlier than being deported.
Photograph by Dean Moses
Mayor Eric Adams and prime NYPD brass stood shoulder to shoulder with President Trump’s controversial border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday to announce the arrest of alleged Tren De Aragua gang members who could or could not face due course of earlier than being deported.
In keeping with Homan, 27 folks with ties to the notorious legal group have been charged for the primary time in a federal RICO case. Prison fees towards them embody racketeering, intercourse trafficking, narcotics, theft, carjacking, and firearms-related offenses.
“President Trump’s been clear, he made a promise to Americans to make the country safe again. And today you see one step, one small step, and many more steps to come here, to make this country safe and help Mayor Adams and the police commissioner,” Homan stated through the April 22 press convention in Soho.
The officers made the announcement standing above a desk crammed with weapons, which they are saying had been confiscated from the gang.
Mayor Adams charged that the January 2024 assault on law enforcement officials in Occasions Sq. kicked off the months-long investigation that he says led to those arrests.
“I said: This can’t happen in our city, and we need to find everyone that’s responsible for it, because if you attack the symbol of public safety, man or woman who’s wearing that police uniform, you’re attacking the civility of our country. And I said: find them and send a strong message,” Adams railed.
Mayor Eric Adams and prime NYPD brass stood shoulder to shoulder with president Trump’s controversial Border czar Tom Homan. Photograph by Dean Moses 
“President Trump’s been clear, he made a promise to Americans to make the country safe again. And today you see one step, one small step, and many more steps to come here, to make this country safe and help Mayor Adams and the police commissioner,” Homan stated.Photograph by Dean Moses
Hizzoner, who has been extensively criticized for vocalizing his help for the Trump administration, as soon as once more doubled down on his partnership with the Republican president and Homan himself.
“I know the side that I am on,” Adams stated.
The indictment fees six alleged members of TDA. The second superseding indictment (dubbed the “Anti-Tren Indictment”) fees 19 alleged members of “Anti-Tren,” a splinter faction composed of former TDA members, together with two further associates of Anti-Tren. Of the 27 defendants, 21 are in federal custody, together with 16 who had been already in federal legal, immigration, or state custody and 5 who had been arrested on each April 21 and 22 throughout operations in and outdoors of.
‘They don’t bypass the courts’
However Homan insisted to reporters that correct due course of is being adopted.
“They don’t bypass the courts,” Homan scoffed. “It’s case by case. There are thousands of cases a week.”
Quite a few reviews point out that quite a lot of people deported to El Salvador haven’t been convicted and even charged with a criminal offense. This consists of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the Trump administration admitted in court docket to sending to El Salvador in error — however has but to adjust to a unanimous Supreme Courtroom resolution ordering that the administration “facilitate” his launch.
“They don’t bypass the courts,” Homan scoffed. “It’s case by case. There are thousands of cases a week.”Photograph by Dean Moses 
“They don’t bypass the courts,” Homan scoffed. “It’s case by case. There are thousands of cases a week.”Photograph by Dean Moses
Homan additionally commented on his relationship with embattled Mayor Eric Adams, stating that he desires to Adams collaborate even additional with ICE however says he doesn’t lay the blame with Adams.
“I would like to see more but he is in a tough position with the city council fighting him all the way,” Homan stated. “Anybody from the City Council here today? Speak up? Don’t you find that strange no member of the City Council is here today to look at what collaboration means.”
