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Drive-by Detention: 800 New Yorkers Swept Up in ‘Collateral’ ICE Arrests

Department of Homeland Security agents hold rifles while wearing tactical gear during an early-morning immigration raid in Jackson Heights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested 811 immigrants in New York City since August who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Of these “collateral” arrests — as the agency calls them — 85% involved people with no criminal history, according to newly obtained ICE data.  THE CITY had reported on several […]

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