{"id":12118,"date":"2025-10-22T15:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/12118\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:49:16","slug":"new-york-city-ice-raid-nets-9-arrests-of-illegal-aliens-from-west-africa-4-protesters-also-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/12118\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City ICE raid nets 9 arrests of illegal aliens from West Africa, 4 protesters also arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

A federal raid in New York City\u2019s<\/a> Chinatown neighborhood on Tuesday resulted in the arrests of nine migrants from West Africa who were in the United States illegally, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told Fox News.<\/p>\n

Four protesters were also taken into custody for allegedly blocking ICE officers and throwing objects at them.<\/p>\n

Officials said the migrants are from Senegal, Mali and Guinea and were busted for allegedly selling counterfeit items in the area.<\/p>\n

ICE said the protesters who were detained have criminal backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Protests Erupt As Ice Agents Raid Nyc Chinatown Street Vendors Allegedly Selling Counterfeit Goods<\/a><\/p>\n

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A protestor is arrested by federal agents as law enforcement conduct a raid on street vendors during rush hour on Oct. 21, 2025, in New York City.<\/p>\n

DHS Assistant Secretary<\/a> Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News that ICE and federal partners conducted a “targeted, intelligence-driven enforcement operation” on Canal Street focused on\u00a0criminal activity related to the sale of alleged counterfeit goods.<\/p>\n

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“During this law enforcement operation,\u00a0rioters who were\u00a0shouting obscenities, became violent and obstructed law enforcement duties,\u00a0including blocking\u00a0vehicles and assaulting law enforcement,”\u00a0McLaughlin wrote in a statement. “Already,\u00a0one\u00a0rioter\u00a0has been arrested for assault on a federal officer.”<\/p>\n

\"Federal<\/p>\n

Federal agents conduct an immigration sweep on Canal Street in Chinatown as protesters gather on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in New York.<\/p>\n

During a news conference Tuesday night, Murad Awawdeh, vice president of advocacy at the New York Immigration Coalition<\/a>, said between 15 and 40 vendors were arrested and at least two locals were taken into custody for protesting and blocking their arrest efforts.<\/p>\n

City officials quickly moved to distance themselves from the raid.<\/p>\n

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\"Federal<\/p>\n

Federal agents conduct an immigration sweep on Canal Street in Chinatown on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in New York.<\/p>\n

Mayor Eric Adams<\/a>\u2019 press secretary, Kayla Mamelak Altus, told Fox News that New York City “never cooperates with federal law enforcement on civil deportation matters, in accordance with local laws” and had “no involvement in this matter.”<\/p>\n

“Mayor Adams has been clear that undocumented New Yorkers trying to pursue the American Dream should not be the target of law enforcement, and resources should instead be focused on violent criminals,” she said.<\/p>\n

Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani<\/a> weighed in on X, calling the Manhattan raid “aggressive and reckless.”<\/p>\n

“Federal agents from ICE and HSI \u2014 some in military fatigues and masks \u2014 descended on Chinatown today in an aggressive and reckless raid on immigrant street vendors,” Mamdani wrote in a post. “Once again, the Trump administration chooses authoritarian theatrics that create fear, not safety. It must stop.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner and Fox News’ CB Cotton contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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