{"id":71788,"date":"2025-12-16T01:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T01:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/71788\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T01:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T01:13:12","slug":"no-new-yorker-should-be-terrorized-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/71788\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No New Yorker should be terrorized\u2019 \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An ICE agent in 26 Federal Plaza.<\/p>\n

Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

Immigration<\/a> rights advocates are condemning ICE<\/a> and the city\u2019s Departments of Social and Homeless Services (DSS-DHS) on Monday for allegedly breaking sanctuary city laws after it was reported that federal agents entered shelters without a proper warrant.<\/p>\n

First reported by <\/a>Gothamist, federal agents allegedly were permitted entry into a city shelter on two separate occasions by employees without verifying that they had the necessary paperwork. In two additional cases, the outlet stated it learned that ICE had bypassed staff completely and entered a shelter premises without providing a warrant.<\/p>\n

The report sparked outrage among, in particular, shelter providers across the five boroughs. Women in Need (Win)<\/a>, the largest provider of shelter and supportive housing for families experiencing homelessness in New York City, denounced ICE activity in the shelter system as unlawful.<\/p>\n

\u201cWin condemns ICE\u2019s disregard of our nation\u2019s Constitutional Rights, NYC\u2019s sanctuary laws, and due process. The forceful and intimidating actions by ICE pose an existential threat to the safety and security of both shelter-based staff and clients. Recent incidents nationwide and in New York City underscore ICE\u2019s overreach and the fear it instills in vulnerable communities of color through racial profiling and discriminatory enforcement,\u201d said Christine C. Quinn, president & CEO of Win. \u201cThese unlawful practices have no place in our city and put migrants and shelter workers at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report indicated that the purpose of the proposed unlawful entry was to garner information on residents. Sources within DSS-DHS claimed that the incidents are not as definite.\n<\/p>\n

According to an agency insider, in one incident, armed federal agents demanded information regarding a specific person, and the shelter employee responded that the person no longer lived at the location in hopes of getting them to leave. During another case, the agents allegedly searched a logbook without permission or assistance from any staff member.<\/p>\n

One DSS-DHS source laid blame at the feet of City Hall, stating that a directive from the Adams Administration indicated that workers may allow ICE into shelters<\/a> if they felt threatened. This caused confusion on how to handle the federal agents when they arrived at city shelters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of Homeless Services has taken important steps to ensure shelter staff are clear on protocols around compliance with all local and federal laws, with an emphasis on strict adherence to the city\u2019s Sanctuary laws,\u201d DSS-DHS spokesperson Neha Sharma said. \u201cThe agency has taken exceptional care to closely monitor any incidents involving non-local law enforcement and followed up with contracted provider staff in every instance while addressing rare or inadvertent lapses in protocol. Most of these incidents took place earlier this year when a change in operational guidance was in place, since we have reverted back to long-established agency guidance, we haven\u2019t seen similar incidents. \u201d<\/p>\n

Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, remained unconvinced, weighing in on the controversy by charging that the DSS-DHS has eroded trust with the public.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cNo New Yorker should be terrorized by Trump\u2019s ICE while accessing City services, and especially not when New York City\u2019s sanctuary laws specifically prohibit federal immigration agents from entering private spaces without a judicial warrant. When the DSS breaks those policies on multiple occasions, trust in our public institutions erodes,\u201d Awawdeh said. \u201cWhen the Mamdami administration begins next month, there must be a commitment to enforcing our sanctuary laws and rigorously training all City staff on how to implement them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An ICE agent in 26 Federal Plaza. Photo by Dean Moses Immigration rights advocates are condemning ICE and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[36592,2035,9563,12241,9,24,55,54,9255,56,36593],"class_list":{"0":"post-71788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-dss-dhs","9":"tag-ice","10":"tag-ice-arrests","11":"tag-ice-detainment","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-city-news","16":"tag-new-york-immigration-coalition","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-women-in-need-win"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71788","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=71788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}