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Another protest against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ended with arrests in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday.
Nearly 100 people were detained overnight during protests around Lower Manhattan’s Foley Square against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies, according to the NYPD. A total of 86 people were detained.
The group rallied near a building that houses an immigration court, which has become a flashpoint amid the arrests of migrants in courthouses.
President Donald Trump has ordered federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations in Democratic-led cities following widespread protests against his immigration policies.
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FOX 5 New York on MSNICE protests in NYC continue amid Trump’s immigration crackdownAn evening demonstration is planned at 26 Federal Plaza, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is headquartered.
Voices at the demonstrations are often a mix that includes calls for more explicit support for racial justice, Palestinian freedom and socialist politics.
Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids and President Donald Trump’s move to mobilize the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles are spreading nationwide and are expected to continue into the weekend.
Immigration protests across the country and the Trump administration's response to the Los Angeles immigration protests has become a major focus of the New York City mayoral campaign.
They moved as if in a brigade-sized military exercise, taking the high ground of the garage -- flooding the lower floors with officers then and pouring in from alleys and side streets. It was a pincer movement that sent some of the protesters scattering. They fired lots of less lethal rounds and flash bangs thundered. Everyone moved back.
Members of the L.A.P.D. in downtown Los Angeles. National Guard troops in riot gear surrounded a federal building. Protests started near a complex of federal buildings but spread to other areas downtown in the evening. Law enforcement officers were stationed around the federal complex all day.