Several elected officials are calling on the NYPD to arrest immigration agents who they claim are abusing their authority.
“I sent a letter last week to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to warn her about what is coming to New York City because we’ve seen it around the country,” Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, who represents parts of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, said.
What You Need To Know
- Several elected officials are calling on the NYPD to arrest immigration agents who they claim are abusing their authority
- It comes after a video emerged several weeks ago showing a woman being shoved to the ground by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and continued efforts by the Trump administration to increase deportations
- The Department of Homeland Security initially suspended the agent with ICE but later reinstated him. Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman said the ICE agents acted illegally
Goldman is among local elected officials who are asking the NYPD to arrest or even charge federal agents who they say are detaining people illegally amid increased immigration enforcement by the Trump administration…