Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents approached children playing baseball in Manhattan's Riverside Park and questioned them about their origins and parents. The team coach instructed the children to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and to remain silent; an ICE officer called the coach a 'YouTube lawyer' and the coach replied that he knew how the Constitution works. A January policy rescission removed protections against enforcement in 'Sensitive Locations' such as healthcare facilities, houses of worship, schools, demonstrations, places where children gather, and shelters. Masked federal agents are appearing in everyday settings, prompting communities to form rapid response teams like NYC ICE Watch to document and publicize sightings via Instagram.
I told my kids to walk to the back of the [batting] cages, right here, and I said they're going to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights, they're not going to say anything,
called [me] a YouTube lawyer, and I said, 'No, I just know how the Constitution works.'
The resistance is working, and we just have to keep it up,
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