Man detained by ICE gets hit by a car and hospitalized in Jersey City

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (PIX11) As ICE was trying to take a man into custody near a light rail station, he was hit in the roadway by a passing car.

The detention and injury angered witnesses, and many local residents say that the incident is part of a trend of Immigration and Customs Enforcement squads targeting people at public transit locations.

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The detention happened at around 6:20 p.m., when ICE agents surrounded a work truck that had just pulled up next to an equipment storage lot at Communipaw and Suydam Avenues.

According to witnesses, right after a man got out of the truck, the passing car struck the man, lifting him off his feet, and depositing him back on the roadway on Communipaw…

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