Multiple Afghans arrested by ICE in Albany amid crackdown after D.C. shooting

ALBANY — Federal immigration agents arrested 10 Afghans in the Albany area this week as the federal government is rounding up migrants from that country following the shooting of two members of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., last week.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents apprehended two of the men, a father and a son, outside the Masjid As-Salam mosque on Central Avenue in Albany after early morning prayers there on Wednesday. Another son from the same family was apprehended at his home nearby a short time later.

A video shared by Yousaf Sherzad, acting president of the Afghan American Community Center in Albany, purportedly shows an agent detaining the son at the residence on Wednesday…

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