ICE attempts two raids in Sunset Park
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers attempted two raids on undocumented Brooklynites in Sunset Park Saturday, but neither resulted in arrests, according to sources and the commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs.
The city has been prepping for potential raids since President Trump and immigration officials hinted that they would be coming to 10 cities across the country. But with media outlets reporting the raids would be occurring Sunday, Brooklyn — as well as East Harlem — was hit early.
“We heard two reports from Sunset Park,” said Bitta Mostofi, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, at a Saturday press conference in Battery Park about the ICE raids. “Eyewitnesses [are] speaking to us about ICE attempts to gain access and entry and conduct arrests. But thankfully, unsuccessfully.”