"Less than 24 hours after federal officials descended on Canal Street in New York City's Chinatown district, the scene there appeared to be relatively subdued Wednesday afternoon. Nine allegedly undocumented individuals were detained, after federal agents targeted Canal Street in what the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement described as "a targeted, intelligence-driven enforcement operation that focused on criminal activity relating to selling counterfeit goods." Video footage from the raid showed individuals being wrestled to the ground and strong-armed by masked federal agents."
"According to ICE, some of the nine had prior "instances" of robbery, burglary, domestic violence, assaulting law enforcement, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, drug possession and forgery. In addition, four protesters were arrested on charges of assaulting law and enforcement, and another was arrested on an obstruction charge, based on information provided by ICE. The New York City Police Department had "no involvement" with the federal operation, according to a NYPD spokesperson."
Federal agents conducted a targeted, intelligence-driven enforcement operation on Canal Street in New York City's Chinatown, focusing on criminal activity related to selling counterfeit goods. Nine allegedly undocumented individuals were detained; ICE said some had prior instances of robbery, burglary, domestic violence, assaulting law enforcement, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, drug possession and forgery. Video footage showed masked federal agents wrestling individuals to the ground and strong-arming them. Four protesters were arrested on charges of assaulting law enforcement, and another was arrested on an obstruction charge. The NYPD reported no involvement in the federal operation. Canal Street appeared relatively subdued with few open displays of counterfeit goods.
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