NEW YORK CITY, NY – A late November demonstration against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York City’s Manhattan borough reportedly resulted in 15 people being arrested after participants allegedly refused dispersal orders and agitators began hurling objects at police.
The anti-ICE demonstration occurred around noon on November 29th along 209 Centre Street within Lower Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood. According to NYPD officials, protesters initially began blocking streets, various buildings and exits before things took a more violent turn from the crowd.
Protesters had apparently converged on a garage in the area allegedly used by authorities in connection to past immigration enforcement efforts, as over the past month main strips within Chinatown like Canal Street were focused areas for targeted immigration enforcement operations.
When NYPD officers arrived at the scene of the demonstration, dispersal orders were issued and largely ignored, according to officials. Officers began making arrests after dispersal orders were ignored, which then led to agitators “throwing debris,” according to ABC 7. Meanwhile, other anti-ICE activists attempted to block a convoy of federal vehicles attempting to exit the garage the crowd had gathered in front of.
Reportedly 15 people were arrested in total during the anti-ICE demonstration, which said arrests prompted condemnation from the New York Immigration Coalition. Said outfit’s president and CEO, Murad Awawdeh, claimed a “older gentleman and his daughter” were taken into custody without reason.
“There's a report right now that we're following up on of an older gentleman and his daughter who were arrested who had nothing to do with anything and were just walking,” Awawdeh stated, adding, “So this is a moment for all of us to ask the question of ‘does the NYPD protect New York City residents or is it going to continue to harm them through collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement?’”
In a somewhat confounding move, sources claim that New York Homeland Security Field Office Special Agent in Charge Ricky Patel reached out to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to apologize for the incident, despite the fact that the debacle stemmed from the actions of protesters. Furthermore, individuals who reportedly participated in the aforementioned protest openly admitted to attempting to “prevent another large-scale ICE raid,” which is illegal under federal codes within 18 U.S. Code Chapter 73.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s team issued a statement on the matter, claiming that ICE enforcement in New York City is “cruel and inhumane” and does nothing to “advance public safety.”
The anti-ICE demonstration occurred around noon on November 29th along 209 Centre Street within Lower Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood. According to NYPD officials, protesters initially began blocking streets, various buildings and exits before things took a more violent turn from the crowd.
Protesters had apparently converged on a garage in the area allegedly used by authorities in connection to past immigration enforcement efforts, as over the past month main strips within Chinatown like Canal Street were focused areas for targeted immigration enforcement operations.
When NYPD officers arrived at the scene of the demonstration, dispersal orders were issued and largely ignored, according to officials. Officers began making arrests after dispersal orders were ignored, which then led to agitators “throwing debris,” according to ABC 7. Meanwhile, other anti-ICE activists attempted to block a convoy of federal vehicles attempting to exit the garage the crowd had gathered in front of.
Reportedly 15 people were arrested in total during the anti-ICE demonstration, which said arrests prompted condemnation from the New York Immigration Coalition. Said outfit’s president and CEO, Murad Awawdeh, claimed a “older gentleman and his daughter” were taken into custody without reason.
“There's a report right now that we're following up on of an older gentleman and his daughter who were arrested who had nothing to do with anything and were just walking,” Awawdeh stated, adding, “So this is a moment for all of us to ask the question of ‘does the NYPD protect New York City residents or is it going to continue to harm them through collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement?’”
In a somewhat confounding move, sources claim that New York Homeland Security Field Office Special Agent in Charge Ricky Patel reached out to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to apologize for the incident, despite the fact that the debacle stemmed from the actions of protesters. Furthermore, individuals who reportedly participated in the aforementioned protest openly admitted to attempting to “prevent another large-scale ICE raid,” which is illegal under federal codes within 18 U.S. Code Chapter 73.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s team issued a statement on the matter, claiming that ICE enforcement in New York City is “cruel and inhumane” and does nothing to “advance public safety.”
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