As Bronxites remain on edge amid news of ongoing deportations, including those of some on working visas, ICE officials now confirm that an "alien" with a criminal record was arrested at gunpoint in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Tuesday afternoon,

New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the City Council, accuses Adams of agreeing to the plan to “pay off” the Trump administration in exchange for dropping criminal charges against him.

The city’s Law Department will not represent Mayor Adams or his administration in the City Council’s suit against him over an executive order that would allow federal immigration