City, state and federal elected officials condemned the Department of Homeland Security raid around Canal Street Tuesday, including Democrats, Republicans and independents.
“Let me be clear, New York City does not want or need a military or federal occupation,” City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said during a press conference at City Hall Thursday morning.
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City, state and federal elected officials condemned the Department of Homeland Security raid around Canal Street Tuesday, including Democrats, Republicans and independents
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams was joined by faith leaders and other City Council members when she blasted the Trump administration’s immigration raid in Lower Manhattan
Rep. Dan Goldman said his office is now building a task force to address potential future ICE raids
Attorney General Letitia James has launched a portal encouraging New Yorkers to submit videos and documentation of federal immigration enforcement in the city
Adams was joined by faith leaders and other City Council members when she blasted the Trump administration’s immigration raid in Lower Manhattan.
“For months now, the Trump administration has been attacking our city in ways that undermine our public safety and working-class families, as it has been doing across our country. That is not leadership,” Adams said. “It is un-American for the president to deploy the military on its own people.”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested nine vendors on Tuesday and five demonstrators. Rep. Dan Goldman said his office intervened to help get four U.S. citizens released without charges that ICE had arrested while they were protesting the operation.
“We understand from others that they have now been released,” Goldman said. “We asked both what the rationale was to arrest them and keep them overnight and also asked them sternly to release them. We’re happy they are now released, but we have a lot more questions.”
Goldman said his office is now building a task force to address potential future ICE raids. The announcement comes after he sent a letter to Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch asking the NYPD to protect New Yorkers from unlawful actions by federal agents.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Letitia James has launched a portal encouraging New Yorkers to submit videos and documentation of federal immigration enforcement in the city.
The mayoral candidates also denounced the raid during Wednesday night’s debate.
“We don’t need ICE to do quality-of-life crimes,” former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
“What we need to be doing here in our city is to end the chapter of collaboration between City Hall and the federal government,” Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani said.