{"id":268909,"date":"2026-06-16T21:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/268909\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:18:21","slug":"exposed-activists-in-manhattan-identify-ice-agent-vehicles-parked-on-street-in-warning-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/268909\/","title":{"rendered":"EXPOSED: Activists in Manhattan identify ICE agent vehicles parked on street in warning effort"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of concerned New Yorkers says they have identified vehicles used in ICE raids<\/a> and are trying to warn people in Lower Manhattan about their presence.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday afternoon, more than a dozen individuals spread out over Hudson Square stood beside what appeared to be plain, unattended parked cars. They held up black-and-white signs reading, \u201cICE used this vehicle to KIDNAP our neighbors,\u201d and bearing an image of a masked ICE<\/a> agent \u2013 a common sight at immigration court within 26 Federal Plaza, where numerous immigrants have been taken into custody.<\/p>\n

According to those with immediate knowledge of the process, immigrant rights activists have used a process to document and identify the vehicles \u2014 parked near 201 Varick St., an immigration courthouse \u2014 on June 16 based on each car\u2019s license plates. The analysis determined that agents have used the vehicles to snatch people from the street, including children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are holding the signs that are identifying exactly what these particular vehicles have been recorded or observed doing, and we\u2019re holding those signs in front of those vehicles, making it very clear that this particular vehicle was seen kidnapping a teenager in Brooklyn three weeks ago, or what have you,\u201d said Jay W. Walker, a local resident and activist. \u201cWe\u2019re worried about the safety of all New Yorkers, particularly New Yorkers in very heavily immigrant neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n

ICE vehicle warnings in wake of border czar\u2019s threats<\/p>\n

\"\"Holding signs reading \u201cICE used this vehicle to kidnap your neighbors,\u201d advocates say they are looking to spread the word that these cars are being parked on the street in the community. These vehicles are parked in the vicinity of 201 Varick Street, an immigration courthouse.Photo by Dean Moses \"\"Holding signs reading \u201cICE used this vehicle to kidnap your neighbors,\u201d advocates say they are looking to spread the word that these cars are being parked on the street in the community. These vehicles are parked in the vicinity of 201 Varick Street, an immigration courthouse.Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

The display on June 16 occurred after Border Czar Tom Homan has repeatedly threatened to flood the Big Apple with \u201cmore ICE agents than you\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d in response to legislation that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law which further limited collaboration between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. Homan\u2019s threat has left some New Yorkers in fear that the city could turn into Minneapolis, and even leave some dead like Renee Good and Alex Peretti.<\/p>\n

Julie DeLaurier, who was among those who held signs near the alleged ICE vehicles Tuesday, told amNewYork she is committed to standing in defiance, even in the face of the dangers she may face.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad signed up to fight in World War II when he was 21, and he had no expectations of living. I can do this. Every American can do this. Every American can stand up,\u201d DeLaurier said. \u201cAmericans have shown courage in so many ways over so many years, and now\u2019s the time for us to stand up and be just a little brave, you don\u2019t have to be hugely courageous, you just need to be brave enough to stand up and say no.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local residents such as DeLaurier say they have seen the images and videos online of moments when people \u2014 many without criminal records\u2014 are stopped by masked men and dragged into waiting vehicles. For DeLaurier, she fears repeating history.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans are not going to make the same mistakes the Germans made. We\u2019re not going to be silent as our neighbors are dragged to concentration camps,\u201d DeLaurier said. \u201cThe Germans pulled the curtains as their neighbors were being dragged off. We are doing the opposite. We are not going to let children, hardworking immigrants without even a parking ticket to their name, be dragged out of our communities into concentration camps.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cMy dad signed up to fight in World War II when he was 21, and he had no expectations of living. I can do this. Every American can do this. Every American can stand up. Americans have shown courage in so many ways over so many years, and now\u2019s the time for us to stand up and be just a little brave, you don\u2019t have to be hugely courageous, you just need to be brave enough to stand up and say no,\u201d DeLaurier said. Photo by Dean Moses \"\"Concerned New Yorkers say they have identified vehicles used in ICE raids and are attempting to warn those in Lower Manhattan of their presence.Photo by Dean Moses \"\"Concerned New Yorkers say they have identified vehicles used in ICE raids and are attempting to warn those in Lower Manhattan of their presence.Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of concerned New Yorkers says they have identified vehicles used in ICE raids and are trying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2035,9872,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-268909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-ice","tag-immigrant-rights","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268909","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=268909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}