Hochul denounces ICE raid as ‘cruel,’ despite child endangerment among charges
ICE agents arrested illegal immigrants at a New York candy factory including selected accused of child endangerment DUI and repeated illegal re-entries in a raid that New York Democratic Gov Kathy Hochul blasted as cruel A Homeland Safeguard spokesperson reported Fox News Digital that an ICE workplace enforcement operation at Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Cato New York resulted in the arrests of illegal aliens including specific with prior criminal convictions or pending charges including child endangerment DUI and multiple illegal re-entries The spokesperson reported These operations target illegal employment networks that undermine American workers destabilize labor markets and threaten American communities Hochul however has commented she is outraged by the workplace operations which she reported fly in the face of New York s values VOTERS IN SANCTUARY CITY MAKE DECISION ON MAYOR AMID ICE CRACKDOWN RESISTANCEHochul criticized the operation saying that parents of at least a dozen children are at exposure of returning from school to an empty house I ve made it clear New York will work with the federal regime to secure our borders and deport violent criminals but we will never stand for masked ICE agents separating families and abandoning children Hochul stated in a message In current times s raids will not make New York safer What they did was shatter hard-working families who are solely trying to build a life here just like millions of immigrants before them she stated These actions fly in the face of New York s values As governor I will unfailingly stand against this cruelty Despite the criticism from Hochul and other Democrats the DHS spokesperson called worksite enforcement a cornerstone of our efforts to protect community safety national measure and economic stability while rescuing individuals who may be casualties of labor trafficking or exploitation TRUMP SAVES AMERICAN LIVES WITH OVERWHELMING FORCE AGAINST DRUG OPERATORS ENCROACHING ON US BEACHES EXPERT The employment of illegal aliens also incentivizes dangerous and illegal practices including social safety fraud the spokesperson mentioned The spokesperson pointed to a latest worksite operation at a meatpacking plant in Omaha Nebraska which they stated is evidence that a large number of illegal aliens use stolen social precaution numbers and identities to unlawfully obtain wages wellbeing benefits and employment authorization Fox News Digital previously covered the Omaha operation which resulted in the arrest of illegal aliens who were working at the plant using stolen Social Assurance numbers and identities to unlawfully obtain employment authorization wages and benefits at the expense of over American casualties ICE personnel explained Fox News Digital that among those victimized by the mass identity theft scheme was a full-time nursing trainee who lost their college tuition assistance because it was fraudulently announced that they earned too much money due to an illegal alien using their Social Protection number While the arrests sparked protests from a few in both the local group and nationally ICE announced the illegal aliens identity theft proves they were not innocent hardworking members of society as selected have suggested MASSIVE DHS RAID HITS GEORGIA HYUNDAI FACTORY THAT BIDEN TOUTED AS MAJOR DOMINATION FOR 'NEW AMERICAN JOBS' Behind every stolen Social Defense number uncovered these operations is a real American mothers fathers students and disabled workers now facing devastating financial emotional and legal fallout stated the DHS spokesperson The spokesperson pointed to another contemporary worksite operation at a marijuana facility in Ventura County California in which over illegal aliens were arrested and children were rescued from possible forced labor exploitation and trafficking The children rescued at the farm were from Mexico and Honduras Fox News Digital reached out to Hochul s office and Nutrition Bar Confectioners for comment but did not this instant receive a response
