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,

While crime has long been a problem in their neighborhood, Bronx residents said, immigration enforcement actions there are rare.

In the 19th century, natural ice was a prized possession. New York City was the nation’s largest consumer, and Hudson Valley waterways were its main source.