Hundreds of demonstrators gathered early on Tuesday evening in Lower Manhattan for a demonstration against the escalating immigration content of President Trump, who continued protests for a few days that started more than 2,400 miles away in Los Angeles.
The demonstrators gathered at Foley Square, near a large government building with federal immigration offices and the most important immigration court of the city, which has become a flash point as the Trump administration helps the arrest of migrants in court buildings.
Many wore bright yellow plates with the text “Ice from NYC” in Spanish and English.
Andrea Montiel, 31, whose parents are Mexican immigrants, said that she appeared on the rally on behalf of family and friends that she said they were too worried about their immigration status to demonstrate publicly.
“I think we are real here, just because we hope we can make a difference and that Ice is not welcome,” she said, adding that New York and Los Angeles were connected by their great Spanish population. “We are one community despite the distance.”
While Mr. Trump troops and Marines used in California, Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who largely tailored himself to Mr. Trump’s immigration agenda, said on Tuesday that he did not provide Mr Trump to New York City.
“If there is ever a need to go beyond the manpower we have, there are other ways you do before you have to come up with the appearance of a military operation,” Mr Adams said, referring to the size and experience of the New York City police.
The rally that occurred on Tuesday evening seemed bigger and better organized than the protests in New York in the last few days. Although those earlier demonstrations were tense, which resulted in arrests and small confrontations with law enforcement, they have not been transferred The visceral scenes of chaos That appeared episodically in Los Angeles.
While the protests there were largely peaceful, demonstrators and federal officers are busy with violent collisions, with officers who shoot flash-mixed bullets on demonstrators, who have thrown rocks, glass bottles and fireworks to the officers and burned vehicles.
In New York, protesters were merged near 26 Federal Plaza, a federal building of 41 floors on just a few blocks from the town hall with one of the three immigration courts of the city. Dozens of migrants who show up for hearings were held this month by federal agents in the courthouse, causing pushback from Democrats and attract activists to the building. The impressive skyscraper also houses the field office for the immigration and customs enforcement agency in New York.
The first day of demonstrations in New York was on Saturday, when more than 100 demonstrators gathered outside 26 Federal Plaza, where they clashed with police officers after the demonstrators tried to block ice vehicles that wore migrants. Said the police 22 people were taken into custody While officers spread the crowd.
The Ministry of Interior Security, which supervises ice cream, quickly praised the reaction of the police. “Fortunately, the local police, unlike Los Angeles, quickly responded to the riots,” DHS said in a statement.
On Monday, after Mr. Trump had commissioned 2,000 national guard members to Los Angeles, protesters took over the lobby of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue and demanded the release of immigrants sent to a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador. The police arrested at least 24 protesters During that demonstration.
Later in the day, as the concern was mounted, the protests in New York could get out of hand, Mr Adams Short comments issued In addition to police commissioner Jessica S. Tisch. The mayor said he respected New Yorkers’ rights to protest peacefully, but promised that “we will not allow violence and lawlessness.”
“The escalation of protests in Los Angeles in recent days is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our city,” said Mr Adams. Commissioner Tisch said that every attack on police officers “would be met by a quick and decisive response from the NYPD”
The city leaders gave the comments just when an incoherent group of 200 protesters gathered near 26 Federal Plaza for an “ice from NYC” demonstration on Monday evening, which led to Seven arrests.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Cassidy Jensen” Samantha Latson” Ana Ley” Emmett Lindner And Chelsia Rose Marcius contributed reporting.
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