""The court-ordered releases for these three individuals confirms what we all know, which is that federal law enforcement officers carried out illegal and unconstitutional roundups on the streets of Chinatown," said Elora Mukherjee, director of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School."
""Despite activist judges, President Trump and Secretary (Kristi) Noem will continue fighting for the arrest, detention, and removal of criminal illegal aliens who have no right to terrorize our communities," DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement."
"Department of Homeland Security officials said the arrests were part of "targeted" operations to crack down on the illegal sale of counterfeit goods."
Ten West African merchants were arrested in fall ICE raids on Canal Street; at least three—Serigne Diop, Mamdou Ndoye, and Abdou Tall—were ordered released by federal judges who found the arrests unlawful. Department of Homeland Security officials described the operations as "targeted" efforts to crack down on illegal sales of counterfeit goods. At least four other vendors arrested in October remain in ICE custody in New Jersey and Louisiana; locations or status of three additional arrestees are unknown. Immigration law experts say the court-ordered releases raise broader concerns about the legality of Canal Street raids and ICE arrest practices amid numerous similar judicial rulings.
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