"Several hundred protesters returned to Lower Manhattan on Wednesday night, resulting in two arrests, a day after the violent ICE raid on Chinatown's Canal Street that has drawn widespread criticism in the city. The Oct. 22 demonstration, the second night of protest, began in Foley Square before winding through Canal Street and ending outside 26 Federal Plaza, the same building where several people detained in Tuesday's raid were held overnight, including four US citizens."
"Tuesday's operation involved masked ICE agents detaining street vendors in the heart of Chinatown. Videos captured by amNewYork show vendors being handcuffed as bystanders shouted in protest. Several New Yorkers attempted to intervene, leading to chaotic scuffles in which people were shoved to the ground and arrested. According to the Department of Homeland Security, nine street vendors, who officials described as criminal illegal aliens, were detained in the raid."
Several hundred protesters returned to Lower Manhattan on Wednesday night, resulting in two arrests a day after a violent ICE raid on Canal Street. The Oct. 22 demonstration began in Foley Square, wound through Canal Street, and ended outside 26 Federal Plaza where several people detained in Tuesday's raid were held overnight, including four US citizens. Masked ICE agents detained street vendors in Chinatown, and videos showed vendors being handcuffed as bystanders shouted. Several New Yorkers intervened, leading to chaotic scuffles, people shoved to the ground, and arrests. Tensions rose when right-wing influencer Nick Shirly appeared and charged into the crowd; police arrested two demonstrators and did not detain Shirly.
Read at www.amny.com
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