U.S. President Donald Trump's top homeland security official joined officers in an immigration enforcement operation that arrested several people in New York City on Tuesday, in the Trump administration's latest effort to promote its nationwide crackdown.

Federal agents, led by new DHS secretary, made heavily publicized arrest in country’s biggest sanctuary city Tuesday.

"We are ready and willing to follow the governor's lead and work with federal partners to execute the Trump illegal immigration mandate!" the FHP said in a social media post. The agency said it collaborated with Homeland Security Investigations in Tallahassee,

New York City residents expressed relief to see migrant criminals taken off the streets through ICE raids, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

A man deemed to be a 'ringleader' of a migrant gang with a growing presence in the US was arrested during an ICE raid.

ICE raids in New York City have led to more than 20 arrests as part of a nationwide immigration crackdown. Among those taken into custody was Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, the alleged leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua,