An illegal immigrant allegedly selling counterfeit merchandise on Canal Street in Chinatown was arrested by ICE Saturday \u2014 and the agency later blasted the NYPD for repeatedly releasing the man from custody amid its revolving door criminal justice system.<\/p>\n
Abdou Tall, who is from Senegal, was arrested at Broadway and Canal Street in lower Manhattan around noon during a \u201ctargeted operation,\u201d an ICE spokesperson said in a statement. <\/p>\n
Tall has been arrested multiple times for allegedly trafficking counterfeit merchandise<\/a>, the spokesperson said. <\/p>\n ICE agents showed up on Canal Street around noon Saturday and arrested an illegal immigrant, a federal spokesperson said. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n \u201cTall fled from law enforcement on foot for several blocks before he tripped and fell and then continued to actively resist arrest,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cOur officers followed their training and successfully arrested him.\u201d<\/p>\n Canal Street is known to be an open market for counterfeit purses<\/a> and other fake designer items.<\/p>\n But one day after a White House meeting between Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump<\/a> \u2014 during which the two appeared to be bosom buddies \u2014 the agency slammed the NYPD for not honoring an ICE detainer when Tall was busted on Oct. 7 for felony trademark counterfeiting.<\/p>\n \u201cBut instead of turning him over to ICE custody, they released this criminal illegal alien back into the community where he immediately resumed his criminal activity leading to a second NYPD arrest for felony trademark counterfeiting on Oct. 11,\u201d the ICE spokesperson said. \u201cThis time he was released by NYPD before ICE could even lodge a detainer.\u201d<\/p>\n Canal Street is well known as an open market for fake designer purses. LP Media for NY Post<\/p>\n ICE also tore into the city for its liberal criminal justice policies.<\/p>\n \u201cBetween sanctuary laws, bail reform, and soft on crime politicians\u2019 refusal to work with ICE, New York has become a revolving door for criminal illegal aliens to terrorize the city\u2019s neighborhoods,\u201d the ICE spokesperson said. \u201cSecretary (Kristi) Noem<\/a> has made it clear that ICE will not allow criminal illegal aliens to victimize American citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n Canal Street is an attraction for tourists who flock there to buy the goods. LP Media for NY Post<\/p>\n The NYPD was at Canal Street and Broadway conducting routine vendor enforcement and confiscated 25 bags of counterfeit\/trademark items about an hour before the ICE agents arrived, a police spokesperson said.\u00a0They confiscated a single bag about 15 minutes before ICE arrived, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n