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Immigration

‘Tomorrow it will be you’: New York pols push state Civil Rights Act to hold ICE agents accountable for violating rights

By Dean Moses Posted on January 23, 2026

Brooklyn state Sen. Zellnor Myrie issued a grim warning to New Yorkers on Friday: ICE agents aren’t just coming for immigrants.

“For those who think that this is just about immigration, this doesn’t touch me. I don’t have any friends or family that’s in this situation, I warn you today: now it is immigrants, tomorrow it will be you,” Myrie charged in Lower Manhattan on Friday morning.

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