Immigration agents conducting sweep on NYC's Canal Street confronted by protesters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The sweep came days after a conservative influencer shared video on X showing a group of men selling bags on the street, urging the official ICE account to "check this corner out.
45% : In response, a contingent of protesters, many of whom appeared to be on their way home from work, surrounded the masked officers, attempting to block their vehicle as they shouted "ICE out of New York" and called on other pedestrians to join them.
37% : Trump has threatened to send federal troops to the city if Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, wins election in two weeks.
29% : Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol and other federal offices then tried to clear the streets, in some cases shoving protesters to the ground and threatening them with pepper spray before detaining them.

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