NYC, ICE and protest
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A 23-year-old electrician from Brentwood is speaking out after a disturbing encounter with federal immigration agents left him handcuffed and shaken, despite being a U.S. citizen. Elzon Lemus says he was on the job,
The group rallied near a building that houses an immigration court, which has become a flashpoint amid the arrests of migrants in courthouses.
U.S. Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velazquez are condemning U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's practices nationwide and in New York City.
Two of four men who broke out of an immigration jail in Newark have been recaptured, authorities said Sunday. Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez and Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada were both caught within 72 hours of escaping, the FBI said. Sandoval-Lopez was nabbed Saturday in Passaic, sources told WNBC.
State lawmakers passed the ban in 2020 when President Trump in his first term escalated arrests of undocumented immigrants at state and local courts.
Several police vehicles were set on fire inside an NYPD parking lot overnight Wednesday, hours after anti-ICE protesters clashed with police.
Across the country, marchers similarly took to the streets in New York City in an anti-ICE protest that began in Foley Square, across from where immigration enforcement operations have been centered. Protests have have also been seen in San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and more.
An estimated 500-plus demonstrators gathered around 5 p.m. just steps away from an ICE facility at 26 Federal Plaza, and shouted “f–k you, f–k ICE” and “No ICE, no KKK, no