Protests erupt in New York City after Ice raids Chinatown over 'counterfeit goods'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for DHS, said the operation was led by the Ice agency, the FBI, US border patrol and others.
45% : Ice has used extreme force in Chicago including pepper balling a priest, pepper-balling the inside of a journalist's car, and body-slamming a US congressional candidate.
41% : Demonstrators were seen near a federal building after an unknown number of detainees were taken by agents Hundreds showed up to protests that broke out in New York City on Tuesday evening after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raids related to "selling counterfeit goods" were conducted in the Chinatown neighborhood earlier in the day and resulted in an unknown number of people being detained.
41% : Awawdeh also noted that least two locals were taken into custody for protesting and blocking Ice's efforts.
39% : Notably, many Ice raids have come with documented violence.
37% : "We are against Ice's blatantly violent tactics.
37% : Hordes of Ice agents showing up is unacceptable, immoral, unjust," Hanif said. Ice raids with masked agents and have become commonplace in immigrant enclaves across the country as have protests against them.
35% : However, onlookers noted that NYPD riot cops appeared to arrest several people protesting the Ice raid.
32% : Protests against Ice have brought federal crackdowns to cities including Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland.
20% : Many shouted chants including "Ice out of New York" and "No Ice, no KKK, no fascist USA.
4% : "Today's ICE raid in Chinatown was an abuse of federal power by the Trump administration," wrote Cuomo. New York City councilmember Shahana Hanif also condemned the Ice raids in a press conference, saying that politicians across the city and the state were resolutely opposed to Ice raids.

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