On Monday, a New York judge blocked Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from entering Rikers Island, setting up a big battle between Mayor Eric Adams and the liberal New York City Council.

State Supreme Court Judge Mary Rosado temporarily banned Adams’ office and the city’s Department of Corrections from advancing an executive order allowing ice agents to Rikers Island, the city’s largest prison complex. order It was conveyed by Rosado. Rosado has called for city halls to not take “one step” to complete the executive order until at least Friday. (Related: Democrat judge resigns after Tren de Aragua Gangbanger, who was arrested at his home, is arrested.)

Rosado said the temporary restraining order would be “extended, amended or invalidated” at his next hearing on Friday.

The ruling came after New York City Council came after I publicly denounced Adams’ move to allow Ice Agents to return to Rikers Island. Litigation Prevent orders from being implemented. Members of the NYC Council have denounced without evidence the Trump administration’s conspiracy to support immigration agenda in exchange for unrelated federal accusations against him.

“This is not public safety. It’s a politically frightening email,” Councillor Alexa Aviles said in a prepared statement. “Turning Riker into a forward post base for the Trump administration’s extreme agenda has nothing to do with protecting New Yorkers and having something to do with the mayor protecting himself.”

“The council is taking this fight to court to protect our city when the mayor doesn’t do so and calling what it is: a dishonorable and blatant quid pro,” Aviles said.

The Big Apple has long had very strict sanctuary laws on books, limiting how local officials can interact with ice agents.

Former mayor Bill de Blasio in 2014 Sign the law A bill that primarily prevents the New York Police Department from working with federal immigration authorities. he The law enacted In 2018, our policy doubled. ICE has since been banned from entering Rikers Island, preventing its agents from assuming custody of illegal criminal immigrants.

Since the overwhelming illegal migration crisis began in New York City in the spring of 2022, Adams has called for changes to these sanctuary urban laws that limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. Adams’ office had repeated discussions with Ice Leaders in 2024, with the mayor sitting multiple times with border area Tom Homan to discuss strategy.

After a meeting with Homan in February, the mayor said. He was working on An executive order that allows immigration agents to return to Riker’s Island. Adams said at the time that cooperation with ICE would focus on dangerous criminal immigration.

In April, the pledge was realized in the final release. Executive Order 50an order that allows the ice agent to return to Riker. The order is very limited in scope, allowing ice and other federal agencies to open offices in prison complexes with the aim of conducting criminal investigations rather than routinely enforcement of immigration laws.

However, this limited order focusing on criminal immigration has infuriated the city council, still ruled by liberalism. Litigation Implementation will be blocked on April 15th.

Adams I denied He makes a deal with his now dropped criminal cases. A spokesman for his office called the city council case “contrary to the public interest of protecting New Yorkers from violent criminals.”

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