A woman wearing a polka dot dress is a hero for all New Yorkers as she stood up to ICE agents during an immigration raid. The raid was targeting streets in the Chinatown neighborhood where street vendors operate.
It was a chaotic scene in Manhattan‘s iconic Canal area as large crowds tried to prevent the ICE agents from leaving. The agents were after the vendors who had been selling fragrances, gadgets, and counterfeit designer purses in the open marketplace. According to the DHS rep. Tricia McLaughlin, this raid was just to fight the “counterfeit goods” sellers.
At the end of the raid, multiple arrests were made as usual. The group of people also chanted, “ICE out of New York,” while also encouraging other people who were going home from work to take part in the demonstration…