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ICE agents wearing masks line the halls of the 12th floor at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan on Friday. The agents remained stationed outside immigration courtrooms, where multiple individuals were detained following their hearings

Immigration

Cover up: Face-covered ICE agents and unruly protesters reignite debate over a NYC mask ban

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Immigration

NYC’s affordable housing goals face threats from escalated federal immigration enforcement, report finds

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

Courts

‘Deeply troubling’: Mamdani promises review of NYPD’s role in immigration court observer surveillance

By Adam Daly

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and fellow elected officials who were arrested trying to access the ICE detention inside 26 Federal Plaza in September returned Friday to the facility where they were cuffed.

Immigration

Lander, pols return to 26 Federal Plaza after arrest, rail against FBI and ICE signal chat spies

By Dean Moses

City Comptroller Brad Lander arrested during ICE protest

Immigration

Comptroller Brad Lander risks jail time to take federal government to trial over protest arrest at ICE’s Federal Plaza facility

By Dean Moses

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke addresses a town hall meeting at George Wingate High School Auditorium in Brooklyn on Jun. 16, 2025.

Immigration

Clarke leads letter urging Trump to grant TPS for Jamaica

By Nelson A. King

Council Member Pierina Ana Sanchez speaks at Wednesday's rally celebrating International Street Vendor Day outside City Hall. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

Immigration

Street vendors rally at City Hall to call for increase in number of city licenses

By Shane O'Brien

Nassau

Suozzi holds first-in-nation immigration roundtable with bipartisan constituents

By Isabella Gallo

Immigration

ICE raid fallout: Goldman says feds detained four American citizens overnight, pledges task force in response

By Dean Moses

New Yorkers protest ICE raid at Federal Plaza

Manhattan

ICE raid aftermath: Outraged New Yorkers protest at Federal Plaza, demanding end to violent immigration crackdown

By Dean Moses

court attendee in front of masked ICE agents at Federal Plaza

Manhattan

ICE in courts: Congress Member Goldman, other NYC pols press NYPD to patrol feds, arrest agents who break the law

By Dean Moses

Immigration

The impact of ICE: Asylum seeker detained twice during two Trump presidencies recounts traumatic experience

By Dean Moses and Florencia Arozarena

Immigration

The impact of ICE: How a Brooklyn family is struggling to survive after beloved father and husband detained in immigration court

By Dean Moses and Florencia Arozarena

Photographer injured after ICE agent shoved him

Immigration

ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove

By Robert Pozarycki & Adam Daly

Comptroller Brad Lander speaks at a press conference in Queens on September 25, alongside mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani and Assemblymembers Tony Simone and Jessica González-Rojas

Manhattan

Lander, Goldman refer ICE agent for federal prosecution over courtroom shove of Ecuadorian woman

Adam Daly & Lloyd Mitchell

Nassau

Roosevelt high school grad detained by ICE agrees to self-deport to Guatemala after being held for months in Texas

By Isabella Gallo

lawmaker being arrested at federal plaza

Brooklyn

Brooklyn lawmakers among more than a dozen pols arrested in ICE protest at Federal Plaza

By Ethan Stark-Miller and Dean Moses

elected officials arrested by ICE agents in federal court

Immigration

Brad Lander, Jumaane Williams and 13 other NYC elected officials arrested by feds at immigration court sit-in

By Ethan Stark-Miller & Dean Moses

Immigration Attorney Michael Mandel spoke about tips and tricks if ICE is at your workplace at the Port Washington Chamber of Commerce.

Long Island

Editorial: Making the best of a bad situation

By Schneps Media LI

Immigration

ICE in court: Three months of immigrant raids by masked fed agents continue in Lower Manhattan, with no end in sight

By Dean Moses

Nassau

Port Washington holds fourth weekly vigil to protest ICE

By Emma Alexander

New York City joined 13 local governments in urging a federal court to block the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua as ICE continues enforcement actions at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan.

Immigration

NYC joins coalition to fight ending temporary protected status for Honduran, Nepali, Nicaraguan immigrants

By Adam Daly

Immigration

Lander pushes back on federal charges, says ICE are the ones misusing plaza for detaining migrants

NYPD officer violated sanctuary city laws; several gaps found in department’s compliance with ICE, report into five incidents finds

Cover up: Face-covered ICE agents and unruly protesters reignite debate over a NYC mask ban

NYC’s affordable housing goals face threats from escalated federal immigration enforcement, report finds

‘Deeply troubling’: Mamdani promises review of NYPD’s role in immigration court observer surveillance

Lander, pols return to 26 Federal Plaza after arrest, rail against FBI and ICE signal chat spies

Comptroller Brad Lander risks jail time to take federal government to trial over protest arrest at ICE’s Federal Plaza facility

Clarke leads letter urging Trump to grant TPS for Jamaica

Street vendors rally at City Hall to call for increase in number of city licenses

Suozzi holds first-in-nation immigration roundtable with bipartisan constituents

ICE raid fallout: Goldman says feds detained four American citizens overnight, pledges task force in response

ICE raid aftermath: Outraged New Yorkers protest at Federal Plaza, demanding end to violent immigration crackdown

ICE in courts: Congress Member Goldman, other NYC pols press NYPD to patrol feds, arrest agents who break the law

The impact of ICE: Asylum seeker detained twice during two Trump presidencies recounts traumatic experience

The impact of ICE: How a Brooklyn family is struggling to survive after beloved father and husband detained in immigration court

ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove

Lander, Goldman refer ICE agent for federal prosecution over courtroom shove of Ecuadorian woman

Roosevelt high school grad detained by ICE agrees to self-deport to Guatemala after being held for months in Texas

Brooklyn lawmakers among more than a dozen pols arrested in ICE protest at Federal Plaza

Brad Lander, Jumaane Williams and 13 other NYC elected officials arrested by feds at immigration court sit-in

Editorial: Making the best of a bad situation

ICE in court: Three months of immigrant raids by masked fed agents continue in Lower Manhattan, with no end in sight

Port Washington holds fourth weekly vigil to protest ICE

NYC joins coalition to fight ending temporary protected status for Honduran, Nepali, Nicaraguan immigrants

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