Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s stepped-up arrests continued Tuesday, with newly sworn-in Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem personally taking part in an operation targeting New York City. The New York operation Tuesday morning was part of a broader pattern of highly publicized ICE arrests starting last week targeting “sanctuary cities” that have passed local policies limiting cooperation with federal deportation efforts.

Kristi Noem joined the operations just days after she was confirmed by the Senate to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem participated in a federal immigration operation in New York City on Tuesday, catching "dirtbags" in the city.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined federal authorities Tuesday for the first deportation raids in New York City under President Trump’s clampdown — lauding ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) agents carried out an early morning raid in New York City on Tuesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has said. Noem shared video on X, formerly Twitter, showing officers leading away an individual.

Federal agents came to New York City Tuesday to detain foreign migrants who have been charged with crimes, according to President Donald Trump's Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem. It's unclear how many were detained, where they were apprehended or where they're from.

Noem donned a protective ICE vest as she embedded with officers from multiple federal agencies to hit targets across all five boroughs of New York City early Tuesday morning.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem discusses joining early morning immigration raids in New York City on ‘Hannity.’

Secretary Kristi Noem was in New York City Tuesday morning, accompanying agents carrying out an immigration enforcement operation. Noem, who was confirmed as the head of DHS on Saturday, shared a video of the operation on Tuesday,

U.S. President Donald Trump's new homeland security secretary made sure cameras were rolling when she joined federal agents to arrest migrants in New York City, including a Venezuelan man wanted by Colorado police that Trump had made part of his anti-immigration campaign narrative.

Noem is the latest high-ranking official from President Trump's administration to emphasize increased immigration enforcement.