{"id":13851,"date":"2025-10-23T17:43:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/13851\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:43:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:43:15","slug":"hundreds-march-two-arrested-in-lower-manhattan-protesting-canal-street-ice-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/13851\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds march, two arrested, in Lower Manhattan protesting Canal Street ICE raid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NYPD officers arrest a protester during a demonstration in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday night<\/p>\n

Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

Several hundred protesters returned to Lower Manhattan on Wednesday night, resulting in two arrests, a day after the violent ICE raid on Chinatown\u2019s Canal Street<\/a> that has drawn widespread criticism in the city.<\/p>\n

The Oct. 22 demonstration, the second night<\/a> of protest, began in Foley Square before winding through Canal Street and ending outside 26 Federal Plaza, the same building where several people detained in Tuesday\u2019s raid were held overnight, including four US citizens.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s operation involved masked ICE<\/a> agents detaining street vendors in the heart of Chinatown. Videos captured by amNewYork show vendors being handcuffed as bystanders shouted in protest. Several New Yorkers attempted to intervene, leading to chaotic scuffles in which people were shoved to the ground and arrested.<\/p>\n

According to the Department of Homeland Security, nine street vendors, who officials described as \u201ccriminal illegal aliens,\u201d were detained in the raid.<\/a> US Rep. Dan Goldman, however, noted Wednesday that four individuals whom ICE detained Tuesday at Federal Plaza are American citizens.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Crowds marched from Foley Square demanding an end to ICE operations in New YorkPhoto by Dean Moses \"\"Photo by Dean Moses \"\"Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

Tensions escalated again in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday night when right-wing influencer Nick Shirly appeared at the protest.\n<\/p>\n

Shirly, who had recently filmed a video on Canal Street featuring several of the same vendors, was seen taunting demonstrators.\n<\/p>\n

On two occasions, he charged into the crowd, prompting protesters to push him back. Police arrested two demonstrators following the altercations, but Shirly was not taken into custody.\n<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo by Dean Moses \"\"NYPD officers arrest a second protester during Wednesday night\u2019s demonstrationPhoto by Dean Moses \"AA protester gestures toward Nick Shirly during a rally outside 26 Federal Plaza on WednesdayPhoto by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

Despite moments of tension, the demonstration remained largely peaceful as protesters marched through Chinatown, chanting against ICE and calling for the release of detained vendors.\n<\/p>\n

The NYPD confirmed that two individuals were taken into custody by officers who were assigned to the demonstration planned by immigration advocacy groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NYPD officers arrest a protester during a demonstration in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday night Photo by Dean Moses…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[9256,2035,9398,2301,10428,75,84,83,9,24,63,6986],"class_list":["post-13851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-canal-street","tag-ice","tag-ice-raid","tag-immigration","tag-lower-manhtattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-protest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}