"Detainees, families, journalists, and elected officials. It seems there is no one ICE won’t abuse in pursuit of their unconscionable agenda of disappearing and deporting immigrant New Yorkers while at the same time shaking them down for money.
"If these attacks happen on the sidewalk outside 26 Federal Plaza, the perpetrators would be arrested for assault. But behind their face masks and locked doors, these federal agents believe they are accountable to no one – and they will attack anyone trying to show the world the reality. The NYPD should explore any ability they have to stop these repeat offenders committing violence in our city.
"The Trump administration is working to create an ‘other’ that includes immigrants, the media, progressives – anyone who they feel stands in their way – to give themselves permission for state-sanctioned violence. We have to oppose these efforts with every tool available, with every person of good conscience, with all that we can give."