Caribbean immigration advocates in New York on Thursday, Sept. 8, expressed strong outrage over the shooting of a man in Manhattan by agents from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.<\/p>\n
The New York Police Department (NYPD) said on X, formerly Twitter, that the shooting took place in the Marble Hill neighborhood, which is a part of Manhattan but is geographically attached to the Bronx, and that \u201cthe NYPD was not involved in the incident and was not on scene at the time of the shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe individual who was shot is at a nearby hospital, and is currently conscious and receiving medical attention,\u201d the NYPD said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO, New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York, said \u201cICE\u2019s violent tactics are a clear danger to all New Yorkers, as today\u2019s shooting in a residential neighborhood demonstrates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis incident is another reminder of the unchecked, rampant violence ICE has been spreading throughout our communities,\u201d Awawdeh told Caribbean Life. \u201cWe have seen the devastating consequences of ICE shootings from Minnesota to Texas, which have led to the unnecessary deaths of too many community members.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe demand an immediate investigation into the shooting, the release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE agents who used excessive force,\u201d he added. \u201cWe must abolish ICE and strengthen the safety of all New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0Yaritza Mendez, deputy director of Make the Road New York, another immigrant advocacy group, said while Thursday\u2019s shooting is \u201chorrific and heartbreaking, it is not shocking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the past year and a half ICE has been given a green light by this administration to assault and murder immigrants and those who are standing up for our communities,\u201d she told Caribbean Life. \u201cWe are calling for a thorough investigation into the events of this afternoon, and for accountability for those responsible.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are not officials who have gone rogue; this is an agency that has been armed to the teeth and given an unlimited budget in service of a xenophobic agenda,\u201d Mendez added. \u201cThe violence is the point. Terrorizing our families is the point.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cICE has no place in our city. Full stop,\u201d she continued. \u201cThese lawless armed agents are kidnapping our family members in broad daylight. We have seen this again and again\u2014in Minnesota, in Texas, in Maine, and now in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mendez pointed to reports that indicate that ICE agents shot the unidentified man while he was in his car with a five-year-old in the back seat.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an agency beyond reform,\u201d she said. \u201cWe must abolish ICE now.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAcross New York, children go to school wondering if they will ever see their parents again. Workers worry that every parked car might contain agents who will whisk them away to detention centers in another state. It must end,\u201d Mendez added. \u201cWe deserve better, and we will continue to fight to protect our families.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal noted that \u201cresidents of Marble Hill have been raising the alarm of a growing ICE presence in their neighborhood for months.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo meet its mass deportation targets, the Trump administration is rushing thousands of new agents onto our streets with little to no training, giving them free rein and a mandate to terrorize our communities,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have seen what happens when ICE operates unchecked. \u201cNew Yorkers won\u2019t stand for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani said early reports indicate that ICE agents surrounded the unidentified man and a 5-year-old child in his car before shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe the child was physically unharmed,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cThis is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI have called the president (Trump); when we speak, I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city,\u201d Mamdani added. \u201cI will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery,\u201d he continued. \u201cGet ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children. Abolish ICE!\u201d<\/p>\n
NYIC said more than two dozen people have been shot by federal immigration officers in the last year, with many shot in their cars, and that six have died.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caribbean immigration advocates in New York on Thursday, Sept. 8, expressed strong outrage over the shooting of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-368966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","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\/368966","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=368966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}