NYC residents praise ICE raids after violent criminals, alleged gang ringleader captured: 'Glad they're gone'

"The people of this country want these dirtbags out. They want their communities to be safe," she said. 

Some New York City residents in predominantly Black and Hispanic communities have echoed the enthusiasm Noem described.

One resident had planned to call ICE on a group of illegal migrants living in the area, but agents arrived before he could.

The Post quoted Evelyn Brown, an 80-year-old Bronx resident who emigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica, as saying, "Get them the hell off the street! Get them the hell out of the street, so people don't have to walk in fear."

"We have to applaud the Trump administration for taking initiative and acting quickly to remove these dangerous criminal aliens who have roamed freely for at least four years under the Biden-Harris administration," he said.

"Secretary Noem, Border czar Tom Homan, President Trump, they have all focused on eight immigration-related executive orders to restrict immigration, to secure our borders better, and they're acting as quickly as they can. But let's not forget there were hundreds of thousands of criminals, potentially also with unvetted backgrounds entering our country, so that takes some time to remove them from the country."

New York City council member Vickie Paladino told Fox News that the "party is over" in the Big Apple for migrant criminals.