BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-NY-23, spent about 45 minutes with Buffalo Immigration Customs Enforcement officials Tuesday to discuss how operations have changed under President Donald Trump's new executive orders.

Across the country, ICE has reported detaining individuals including three this past week in Western New York.

"In broad strokes, there's an ongoing mission to go out of their way to get the people who are convicted criminals and people that are posing a national security risk. That is what the mission is," Langworthy said.

He said any further specifics about ICE raids and deportations should come from the organization but emphasized any reports the government is targeting children or schools are untrue. The congressman said federal law enforcement is targeting known individuals after often having their hands tied by the previous administration.

"Their area of operation is 48 counties in the state of New York. They've got a lot of work to do. They need more resources. They need more officers and you have four years of a wide open border," Langworthy said. 

Langworthy said locating, detaining and deporting individuals who are in the country illegally will take time but both the Republican Congress and Trump administration are committed to it.

"I heard it loud and clear today in my meeting with Buffalo ICE, the biggest barrier to the enforcement of this mission is New York's Greenlight Law. It needs to be repealed. Gov. Hochul is putting the community in danger by not allowing federal officials to run DMV databases," he said.

He said he continues to partner with Republican New York colleague Rep. Claudia Tenney on legislation to potentially withhold federal funding to the state if it doesn't repeal the provision.

"What I learned today with Buffalo ICE is most of the national security risk apprehensions have been on the northern border, not the southern border and that's something that we all as people here in Western New York need to keep in mind," Langworthy said.