"I rushed over, and there's four ICE agent cars there. By that time, they had already snatched a young lady from the street, Zhuang told amNewYork. I went to talk to a family and tried to get the resources they needed. According to Zhuang, the federal agents were initially spotted knocking on doors before the woman, only described as in her 20s and as a mother of an eight-month-old baby, was apparently lured out to the streets, where she was taken. The person did not hear the door knocking, and then she got a phone call, and then she came out. They got the person on the street. I think it's a setup, Zhuang said."
"Reports of ICE's presence brought dozens of people to the location with the apparent intention of observing and potentially interrupting ICE activity. That prompted a response from the NYPD, with several officers deployed to the location for crowd control. I was getting notifications in our chat that ICE was knocking on doors, so we rushed over here to see what was happening. It was about 20-40 of us just doing our best to keep them at bay, one person who raced to the area said."
ICE agents arrived around 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 19 near Bay 32nd and 86th Streets in Bensonhurst and arrested a woman described as in her 20s with an eight-month-old baby. Federal agents were reportedly seen knocking on doors before the woman received a phone call and exited onto the street, where she was taken. Dozens of local residents and Councilmember Susan Zhuang went to the scene to observe and attempt to intervene. The NYPD deployed officers for crowd control. Up to ten constituents in the district have reportedly been taken into ICE custody since March.
Read at www.amny.com
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