"Hundreds of protesters descended on One World Trade Center on Thursday as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a press conference inside to attack New York's sanctuary city policies protecting immigrants and defend an ICE agent's fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Several hundred New Yorkers came with picket signs and whistles after hearing of Noem's appearance, and condemned the Department of Homeland Security's Operation Salvo, which, according to Noem, aims to target individuals tied to the Trinitarios street gang and other trans-national criminal enterprises."
"Security at One World Trade Center was particularly tight Thursday for Noem's appearance. Officials werw spotted locking the building's glass revolving doors as NYPD officers formed a human barricade in front. Several Secret Service officers also watched the rowdy crowd carefully. One protester, who only gave her name as Jane, told amNewYork that she sees Noem and ICE as bullies and says she joined the protest to stand up to bullies. It's the gall, it's the complete gall, and they're testing us, and that's wh"
Hundreds of protesters gathered at One World Trade Center while Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke on sanctuary city policies and defended an ICE agent involved in a fatal Minneapolis shooting. Protesters arrived with picket signs and whistles and condemned the Department of Homeland Security's Operation Salvo, which Noem said targets individuals tied to the Trinitarios street gang and other trans-national criminal enterprises. Security was heightened, with locked revolving doors, an NYPD human barricade, and Secret Service monitoring the crowd. Demonstrators voiced opposition to increased ICE presence and labeled Noem and ICE as bullies.
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