ICE wants an office inside NYC's notorious Rikers Island jail. A judge might end those hopes

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

Tuesday 03 June 2025 16:02 EDT


A state judge in New York will continue to block Donald Trump’s administration from opening an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office inside Rikers Island jail, one of the largest and most notorious detention facilities in the country, plagued by decades of reports of widespread abuse and violence.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams gave ICE permission to operate inside the jail earlier this year, drawing lawsuits from city officials accusing Adams of crafting a “corrupt bargain” with the president to expand his anti-immigration agenda in exchange for dropping a criminal corruption case against the mayor.

On Tuesday, New York Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado extended her temporary restraining order as she considers a more permanent injunction to keep federal immigration authorities from entering the city-run jail.

“The argument that this is not part of a quid pro quo or there’s no politics at play here is absurd,” New York City Council member Alexa Aviles, chair of the council’s immigration committee, told reporters after Tuesday’s hearing in Manhattan. “We cannot trust this administration to follow the law,” she said.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/rikers-island-jail-ice-eric-adams-b2762978.html

[C Moon]

1. This is a great video on Rikers (I found after your post).

It seems people are trying to shut it down and hope to do so, I think, by 2027.
Of course, trump's teams are trying to expand it now.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. It's supposed to

Be getting shut down.

[Buddyzbuddy]

3. Give rat face Miller the VIP Executive Cell.

[Vinca]

4. The way they act they should have a cell inside of Rikers.

[Bayard]

5. They want to be able to trade one jail for another in El Salvador,

From a convenient location when people are released.