A roof-top showdown between U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and immigrant construction workers was watched by more than 100 Rochester community members. The confrontation took place Tuesday, Sept. 9, on Westminster Road near the corner of East Avenue.
That morning, CBP agents visited a house to target a group of three men conducting roof-work, according to eyewitness Pat Tobin, who lives on the block.
“There were a few men here going to work, paying their taxes, supporting their families,” Tobin said. “And yet this federal government says, you know what, we’re going to use our resources to come target you and kidnap you.”…