{"id":319129,"date":"2026-08-12T01:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T01:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319129\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T01:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T01:00:38","slug":"ice-surging-enforcement-in-queens-neighborhoods-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319129\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE surging enforcement in Queens neighborhoods: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 Advocates and residents in New York City are drawing attention to and calling for the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/ap-political\/ap-ice-takes-issue-with-ap-reporting-on-policy-to-release-body-worn-camera-footage\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/ap-political\/ap-ice-takes-issue-with-ap-reporting-on-policy-to-release-body-worn-camera-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">increased ICE enforcement<\/a> in the borough with the highest number of immigrants in the city.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two weeks, ICE has increased its presence in Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, College Point and Corona, Queens, according to immigrant rights groups and elected officials on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tStay connected with community stories that matter: Visit our homepage\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past few weeks ICE has been ramping up its presence in our neighborhoods. Unsurprisingly, they are targeting Queens, the most diverse place in the world and a borough where half of the residents were born in another country,\u201d said Civil Rights and Immigration Lead Organizer Luba Cort\u00e9s of Make the Road New York during a rally on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must look out for each other and continue to protect our community in the face of this violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A map from the New York City Department of Planning and Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s office shows that populations in many Queens neighborhoods are made up of 50% or more immigrants. Among them are Corona, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Flushing and College Point, many of the same neighborhoods that elected officials have noted as having increased ICE presence. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn New York, we will not be intimidated into silence. We will defend our neighbors, protect our immigrant families, and fight like hell for a future where every person\u2014regardless of immigration status\u2014can live safely, freely, and with dignity,\u201d said Assembly Member Gonz\u00e1lez-Rojas, who represents District 34.<\/p>\n<p>Dominique Jack is a digital content producer from Brooklyn with more than five years of experience covering news. She joined PIX11 in 2024. More of her work can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/dominique-jack\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/dominique-jack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 Advocates and residents in New York City are drawing attention to and calling for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-319129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319129","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=319129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}