"A photographer tends to injured journalist L. Vural Elibol after an ICE agent apparently shoved him hard to the floor at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 30, 2025. Photo by Dean Moses ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of individuals attending immigration court proceedings at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan."
"Masked officials grabbed Moses, the police bureau chief of amNewYork, as he went to photograph them apprehending an immigrant inside a public elevator at around 10:15 a.m. on Sept. 30. The chaos occurred five days after an ICE agent was caught on camera violently shoving a woman to the ground after she pursued her husband, who had been arrested after a court appearance."
"As he has done for months, Moses and other photojournalists exercising their First Amendment rights to freedom of the press were on the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza observing the actions of masked ICE agents outside immigration courtrooms, where many individuals have been taken into custody after attending court-mandated hearings. ICE agents paced the 12th-floor hallway on Tuesday morning and briefly followed a woman after she exited a courtroom."
Masked ICE agents grabbed and assaulted Dean Moses, the police bureau chief of amNewYork, as he attempted to photograph an apprehension inside a public elevator at 26 Federal Plaza. A photographer tended to injured journalist L. Vural Elibol after an agent apparently shoved him to the floor. The incident occurred near immigration courtrooms where agents were making arrests following hearings. The episode followed a prior viral incident in which an ICE agent was caught shoving a woman; that agent had been suspended and reportedly returned to work. Journalists were present exercising press access while documenting enforcement actions.
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