"A visual journalist identified as L. Vural Elibol of the Turkish news agency Anadolu hit his head on the floor at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pushed one journalist off a public elevator and shoved another journalist to the floor, according to video and witnesses. A bystander held Elibol's head and a nurse treated him until an ambulance arrived, witnesses said."
"Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin defended the agents' actions, saying they were "swarmed by agitators and members of the press, which obstructed operations." "Officers repeatedly told the crowd of agitators and journalists to get back, move, and get out of the elevator," McLaughlin said in a statement. "Rioters and sanctuary politicians who encourage individuals to interfere with arrests are actively creating hostile environments that put officers, detainees and the public in harm's way.""
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pushed and shoved journalists in a hallway outside a Manhattan immigration court, causing a visual journalist to strike his head and require medical attention and transport. The injured journalist, identified as L. Vural Elibol of Anadolu, received immediate aid from a bystander and a nurse and was later removed on a stretcher in a neck brace. Two other journalists were not seriously hurt. Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said agents were being swarmed by agitators and journalists obstructing operations and that officers repeatedly ordered the crowd to clear the elevator. Video and witnesses documented the confrontation during an arrest after immigration court.
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