The deaths of Lorenzo Araujo in Texas and Johan Guerrero in Maine by ICE agents brought protesters to Foley Square Tuesday night, calling for accountability as federal investigations into both shootings get underway.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, this past week is a reminder that we should all be out here,\u201d Brooklyn resident Kevin Jacobs said.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
The deaths of Lorenzo Araujo in Texas and Johan Guerrero in Maine by ICE agents brought protesters to Foley Square Tuesday night
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Federal immigration agents have shot and killed at least four people so far this year
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Officials said neither Araujo nor Guerrero was the person agents were originally trying to arrest
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The demonstrations came as multiple news organizations reported ICE has temporarily paused most vehicle stops following recent shootings<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s gone past the point of we need to abolish ICE. I think we need a thorough investigation and, if appropriate, trials, prosecutions,\u201d Brooklyn resident Anabel Ruggiero added.<\/p>\n
Federal immigration agents have shot and killed at least four people so far this year. Officials said neither Araujo nor Guerrero was the person agents were originally trying to arrest.<\/p>\n
Officials added that an ICE agent opened fire when they feared for public safety, claiming Araujo attempted to use his vehicle as a weapon. In Guerrero\u2019s case, authorities say he accelerated his vehicle toward officers while trying to flee before agents fired.<\/p>\n
\u201cSadly, I think this is just the latest in a string of reckless, dangerous actions by ICE,\u201d Lydia, from Manhattan, said.<\/p>\n
Gov. Kathy Hochul was asked about the recent shootings, as the Department of Homeland Security has threatened to send more agents to the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want more people being rounded up in the streets. And we sure as hell don\u2019t want them murdered in their vehicles,\u201d Hochul said.<\/p>\n
The demonstrations came as multiple news organizations reported ICE has temporarily paused most vehicle stops following recent shootings.<\/p>\n
DHS did not confirm the change, telling NY1, \u201cWe are always evaluating our procedures to keep our officers safe and criminals off our streets. We will not disclose or discuss law enforcement tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to fight and demand more protections because that\u2019s what we need in this moment,\u201d New York Immigration Coalition President Murad Awawdeh said.<\/p>\n
As investigators work to determine whether agents followed policy, protesters say they\u2019ll keep pressing for answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The deaths of Lorenzo Araujo in Texas and Johan Guerrero in Maine by ICE agents brought protesters to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[109,387,25,388,75,84,83,9,24,12,63,87,308,27],"class_list":["post-296192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-app-local-state-politics","tag-app-public-safety","tag-app-top-stories","tag-louis-finley","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-public-safety","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296192","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=296192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}