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CBS News
2 days ago
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NYC lawmakers say they were denied access to ICE facility at Federal Plaza
United States Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velazquez are condemning U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's practices in New York City and nationwide. The New York Democratic lawmakers said Sunday they were denied access to the 10th floor at 26 Federal Plaza, where they say the agency is detaining people. They warned that's just one of many concerning actions in the Trump administration's deportation program. Their attempt to get inside the building came after the NYPD clashed with protesters outside the facility on Saturday over recent ICE arrests. Police say 13 people were issued court summonses and nine were arrested and charged. Read more: Trump deploying National Guard to Los Angeles as immigration protests ramp up after citywide ICE operations "Today, ICE violated our rights" Immigration advocates say they have reason to believe that hundreds of immigrants are being held on the 10th floor in inhumane conditions. Espaillat and Velazquez said they attempted to tour the facility after waiting over an hour in the lobby, only to be denied access. They walked out of Federal Plaza frustrated. "Today, ICE violated all of our rights because, as an extension, we are here to defend your rights, the rights of the American people, to have access and oversight to the federal buildings to ensure that everything is done correctly and in accordance to the law. We were denied that right today, a basic civil right, a constitutional right that we as members of Congress are here to uphold," Espaillat said. The two members of Congress said a deputy denied them access to an immigration holding facility. "She said that it's an ICE facility and a sensitive facility," Espaillat said. Lawmakers say they're worried about conditions at Federal Plaza The representatives, along with immigration advocates, condemned recent ICE arrests at immigration hearings. They say advocates captured images which they say shows federal agents taking migrants into custody at court proceedings and ICE check-ins. They added that they're worried about the conditions migrants are facing, following reports of overcrowding, unbearable heat, and people being forced to sleep on the floor. "Traditionally have been detained for by some hours, but not overnight or not today or not three days," Velazquez said. CBS News New York reached out to ICE for a comment and it released a statement, saying, in part, "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is executing the president's mission of identifying and removing criminal aliens and other individuals who have violated our nation's immigration laws."
CBS News
3 days ago
- Politics
- CBS News
Demonstrators protesting ICE arrests in NYC taken into custody after clashing with NYPD
Several people were taken into custody Saturday as protesters and New York City Police officers clashed outside Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan. Demonstrators were protesting United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement ramping up arrests of immigrants in the city and across the country. Protesters face off with NYPD officers outside Federal Plaza Dozens of protesters rallied for hours, facing off with NYPD officers at least twice. Just before 5 p.m., officers took down several protesters and put them in handcuffs. At one point, one protester was being pulled by one officers in one direction and protesters in another direction. At least one person was placed in ambulance. Protesters watching chanted "let them go" and booed officers as they took several people into custody. Several people were taken into custody as anti-ICE protesters and NYPD officers clashed outside Federal Plaza on June 7, 2025. CBS News New York Earlier in the day, things also got tense as activists attempted to block a white van from leaving a building at Federal Plaza. One protester told CBS News New York's Adi Guajardo they were trying to block ICE from taking migrants from the building. It's unclear if there were migrants in that van. "I don't think that there is any hope of us preventing them from moving the people out, but it doesn't mean that we can't try," one immigration activist said. Some of those who were taken into custody were issued summonses. According to data obtained by CBS News, at least 100,000 migrants have been arrested by ICE agents under the Trump administration. Advocates say it's becoming increasingly common for ICE to arrest migrants at their immigration court hearings.
CBS News
25-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Group protests in Chicago on 5th anniversary of murder of George Floyd
On the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, demonstrators gathered at Chicago's Federal Plaza on Sunday as part of a national day of protest. Led by the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, those in attendance condemned an executive order issued by President Trump last month. Executive Order 14288 is titled, "Strengthen and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens." The group that organized the protest said charged that the order serves to "further unleash the police on the people by eliminating federal consent decrees, sharing more military resources with local police, and not pursuing equity policies." The group is calling for community control of police and justice for victims of police brutality.
