Lawmakers offer support to immigrant communities targeted by ICE raids
Local lawmakers on Sunday took to the streets of Sunset Park to combat the panic in immigrant communities in the wake of ongoing raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez and Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, who represent the area on the federal and local levels, respectively, went into the heart of the largely immigrant neighborhood to check in on families and reassure non-U.S. citizen residents of their rights.
Sunset Park has been the most-targeted areaacross the city in the past week for ICE, accounting for half of the eight so-far confirmed raids across the city.