Federal officials said they arrested two people outside a city migrant shelter who had been involved in Tren de Agua, a Venezuelan gang that the Trump administration has said is ‘invading’ the U.S.
Gothamist and other news outlets reported that multiple people had been detained Thursday outside the Row Hotel in Midtown — a facility the city had been leasing to house migrants sine 2022.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Friday evening it arrested Cristofer Xavier Hernandez Villegas and Ali Eloy Uribe-Gil outside the hotel Thursday…