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Protesters decrying ICE arrests taken into custody in lower Manhattan
NEW YORK — Multiple demonstrators were taken into custody Saturday afternoon during a protest against Immigration and Customs enforcement in Lower Manhattan in response to ongoing migrant arrests this week. Cops responded to outside immigration court around noon at 26 Federal Plaza where protesters were sitting in the middle of the street blocking traffic. Officers ordered the protesters to clear the roadway. Numerous protesters were taken into custody when they didn't comply and were issued summonses, cops said. Demonstrators were chanting during the protest 'No ICE! No KKK! No fascist USA' at the ICE agents. Around 17 people were taken into custody, according to ABC7. The protests come after federal agents have been rounding up migrants all week at the immigration courthouse. ICE agents also arrested migrants after they checked in at an Intensive Supervision Appearance Program office hearing on Elk St. Wednesday afternoon, according to the New York Legal Assistance group. "It's essentially a trap,' Allison Cutler, supervising attorney from New York Legal Assistance Group's Immigrant Protection Unit, told the Daily News Wednesday. 'Most of the folks who are already on ISAP tend to already have final orders of removal, so ICE would essentially … consider (it) as an easy target. So they are already checking in, they are already having appointments, most of them have ankle monitors, so they are monitoring their GPS and locations.' On Tuesday, around 16 people were detained at the Elk St. immigration check-in office, according to The City. On Friday morning, two people were pinned to the ground and arrested by ICE agents who were waiting in the hallways outside federal immigration courtrooms. Dominican Republic migrant Joaquin Rosario Espinal left a courtroom after a routine check-in around 12:35 p.m. after getting his case dismissed, when at least six federal agents waiting outside swarmed him. Two agents grabbed Rosario Espinal by his shirt collar, with one tumbling to the ground along with him. 'Stop fighting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting!' an agent yelled at him. Multiple agents then turned Rosario Espinal around, pinning him to the ground before handcuffing him. Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin of the Department of Homeland Security claimed that, during the arrest, Rosario Espinal resisted arrest and punched an officer. Another woman was arrested after allegedly assaulting an officer, too. 'Our officers are doing their jobs by removing public safety threats and enforcing our nation's immigration laws,' McLaughlin said. 'Assaulting, resisting, impeding or harassing ICE officers is against the law. Unfortunately, our ICE officers are facing a 413% increase in assaults while carrying out arrests. The violence against ICE must end.' The crackdown, dubbed Operation At Large, comes after White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said recently that the administration was setting a goal of 3,000 arrests by ICE each day and that the number could go higher, according to the Associated Press. CBS reported ICE has been logging about 2,000 daily arrests this week, with a total of more than 100,000 migrants taken into custody so far during Trump's second term in office.
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Protesters decrying ICE arrests taken into custody in lower Manhattan
NEW YORK — Multiple demonstrators were taken into custody Saturday afternoon during a protest against Immigration and Customs enforcement in Lower Manhattan in response to ongoing migrant arrests this week. Cops responded to outside immigration court around noon at 26 Federal Plaza where protesters were sitting in the middle of the street blocking traffic. Officers ordered the protesters to clear the roadway. Numerous protesters were taken into custody when they didn't comply and were issued summonses, cops said. Demonstrators were chanting during the protest 'No ICE! No KKK! No fascist USA' at the ICE agents. Around 17 people were taken into custody, according to ABC7. The protests come after federal agents have been rounding up migrants all week at the immigration courthouse. ICE agents also arrested migrants after they checked in at an Intensive Supervision Appearance Program office hearing on Elk St. Wednesday afternoon, according to the New York Legal Assistance group. "It's essentially a trap,' Allison Cutler, supervising attorney from New York Legal Assistance Group's Immigrant Protection Unit, told the Daily News Wednesday. 'Most of the folks who are already on ISAP tend to already have final orders of removal, so ICE would essentially … consider (it) as an easy target. So they are already checking in, they are already having appointments, most of them have ankle monitors, so they are monitoring their GPS and locations.' On Tuesday, around 16 people were detained at the Elk St. immigration check-in office, according to The City. On Friday morning, two people were pinned to the ground and arrested by ICE agents who were waiting in the hallways outside federal immigration courtrooms. Dominican Republic migrant Joaquin Rosario Espinal left a courtroom after a routine check-in around 12:35 p.m. after getting his case dismissed, when at least six federal agents waiting outside swarmed him. Two agents grabbed Rosario Espinal by his shirt collar, with one tumbling to the ground along with him. 'Stop fighting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting!' an agent yelled at him. Multiple agents then turned Rosario Espinal around, pinning him to the ground before handcuffing him. Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin of the Department of Homeland Security claimed that, during the arrest, Rosario Espinal resisted arrest and punched an officer. Another woman was arrested after allegedly assaulting an officer, too. 'Our officers are doing their jobs by removing public safety threats and enforcing our nation's immigration laws,' McLaughlin said. 'Assaulting, resisting, impeding or harassing ICE officers is against the law. Unfortunately, our ICE officers are facing a 413% increase in assaults while carrying out arrests. The violence against ICE must end.' The crackdown, dubbed Operation At Large, comes after White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said recently that the administration was setting a goal of 3,000 arrests by ICE each day and that the number could go higher, according to the Associated Press. CBS reported ICE has been logging about 2,000 daily arrests this week, with a total of more than 100,000 migrants taken into custody so far during Trump's second term in office.
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12-05-2025
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Protesters fill Worcester Common in reaction to ICE raid and arrests by Worcester PD
WORCESTER — With placards in hand and while chanting in unison, protesters filled the Worcester Common May 11 in reaction to the recent immigration raid by federal agents and arrests by Worcester Police on Eureka Street three days before. Chants like "No ICE" and "No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here," punctuated the commentary by activists and representatives of organizations as they took turns peaking on a microphone outside the rear City Hall entrance. Nonprofit organization Mass 50501, which was formed earlier this year as part of a national movement protesting actions of the current federal administration, organized the protest. "These agents of chaos do not come in with a warrant," Alcor Hilliard of nonprofit Mass50501 said. "They do not explain themselves. They do not respect the law and they do not respect us, their people, who they are sworn to protect. "You or your mother or your child could be taken away by armed people in plain clothes, put in an unmarked vehicle and our police will come at their beck and call." The observation of Mother's Day was incorporated in the theme of the May 11 protest, taking inspiration from the fact that the woman detained by the federal agents on Eureka Street, according to reports, was the mother of a 16-year-old; the teenager was one of two people who Worcester Police arrested and charged after a chaotic scene May 8. Coined "Hands Off Worcester Mothers," the protest kicked off at 2 p.m. and continued until about 3:30 p.m., with speakers taking turns at an amplified microphone. A drum rhythmically followed the chants. "They chased down a child, they pushed her face into the ground and they dragged her away," Hilliard said. "We wouldn't do that to a dog, let alone a human being." The name Ferreira de Oliveira was given by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as identification for the federal agents' person of interest May 8. The statement said the woman had entered the country illegally in August 2022 and that she had been arrested by local police on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a pregnant victim. A spokesperson for the police department said May 11 "there was an arrest months ago," adding, "we generally don't comment on criminal histories of people or speak about arrests post arraignment." De Oliveira's name does not come up in the federal cases' database. "People may do illegal things, but people are not illegal in this country," Rebecca Winter of Mass50501 said through a microphone. "We have kidnappings happening in these people are being taken without knowing how they committed a crime. "I'm going to urge you today to please remain nonviolent and that's because it shows the difference between these people kidnapping off of the street and the true American patriots, which you are here today." Makeshift signs drew parallels between the Trump administration and Nazi Germany, with a sign depicting President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk with brush mustaches. Others stated, "Kidnapping mothers is a crime," and "(expletive) ICE," among the many that could be seen rising above the heads of those in the crowd. Holding up a sign that stated, "ICE GTFO" on one side, Laurie Prim of Deerfield said the protest was worth the drive to show up in support of the demonstrators who gathered at Worcester Common, despite it being Mother's Day. Prim, 55, added that after hearing about the situation on Eureka Street May 8, she "felt sick. "Local police should be more supportive of community members, not a federal agency coming to kidnap people with no warrants, no due process," Prim said. "People aren't going to tolerate that and we're going to fight back. And that we are in the forefront here, we should stay there and it's up to us to spread that message. "It's only a matter of time until it happens in my community." During the protest, Lynn Fanale, 42, set up an easel to paint a photo she had seen online that had captured the moment one of the two people were arrested by police officers on Eureka Street. She said she wanted to keep her hands busy to "not get too caught up in the emotion of everything. "The way (officers) navigated the situations is unjust," Fanale said. "There are other ways to treat people and there are ways to go about doing the right thing in the right way." Following the scene that unfolded on Eureka Street, criticism about the police department coming to the aid of ICE has also colored the conversation, with many citing statements made by police and city leadership in January about the department not assisting with ICE civil detainments. The evening of May 9, more than 100 people congregated outside City Hall, then marched up Main Street to Worcester Police Department headquarters in protest. That same day, the patrol officers' union New England Police Benevolent Association Local 911 defended the police officers' actions, saying that officers arriving on scene May 8 were called for federal agents "needing assistance due to a hostile and uncooperative crowd surrounding them." The statement added that the officers had continued to call for more officers as the situation had escalated, adding that the officers had tried to "deescalate the situation and prevent injury to all present. "These types of calls for assistance can be extremely dangerous and place officers at a high risk of injury due to the high emotions people feel at the time," the statement says. "Our officers always strive to be as compassionate as we can daily." The statement alleges that Worcester police officers and federal agents were "threatened, abused and even assaulted on scene," which they give as a reason for the two arrests. Ashley R. Spring, a School Committee candidate, was also arrested at the scene on Eureka Street with police alleging that she pushed police officers while they were arresting the teenager and that she threw a liquid at officers. The union's statement also called for an ethics investigation by the city against District 5 Councilor Etel Haxhija after alleging that she "incited aggression towards the police during the incident." Haxhiaj for a time acted as a shield between authorities and the woman who was sought by ICE, according to video of the confrontation. "This councilor participated in the conduct of the unruly crowd and eventually assaulted both Worcester police and federal law enforcement officers on scene," says the statement. "Her behavior also emboldened others to act in this manner. "The conduct of this anti-police activist councilor is deplorable and unacceptable." This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: Protesters fill Common in reaction to recent ICE raid, arrests by PD
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11-05-2025
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Angry NYC crowd protests Newark Mayor Ras Baraka's arrest at ICE detention center
Approximately 100 rowdy demonstrators gathered in Lower Manhattan Saturday to protest the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at an ICE facility this week. The agitators held signs in Foley Square reading 'No ICE, no DOGE, no state terror,' and 'ICEstapo must go!' and at least one appeared to hound and follow a supporter of President Trump who showed up as a counter-protest. Elected officials, including Democratic mayoral candidate state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani and socialist NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, also spoke. Mamdani attempted to link some of his opponents for City Hall to the president. 'For the Trump Administration, just like Mayor Eric Adams, just like Andrew Cuomo, the law is merely a suggestion,' Mamdani whined while addressing the crowd. 'We will stand up for the people that those laws protect, and we will do so each and every day, and we will do so at each and every juncture, because what the Trump Administration is looking for is permission to keep rolling those rights back, and at every attempt, we will be there, we will fight them, and we will defeat them,' he continued. Socialist NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams also slammed the president, bellowing into a blowhorn, 'This administration is an embarrassment.' The protest came less than 24 hours after Baraka was arrested, then released from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center at Delaney Hall. The Newark Mayor wants the ICE facility shut down. 'We know we're right. What we ask for is correct,' he told supporters Friday night after he was released.
