"A raid by federal immigration authorities on Saturday in New York City was thwarted by about 200 protesters, several of whom were arrested after scuffles with police officers. The episode was the latest in which citizen activists have stood up to agents enforcing Donald Trump's aggressive immigration agenda through targeted raids in various cities across the country after his second presidency began in January."
"According to the New York Times, Saturday's confrontation took place on the edge of Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, where US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were assembling with counterparts from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The newspaper reported that scuffles with police took place at a parking garage in lower Manhattan beginning in the late morning, with some protesters blocking the government vehicles from leaving with makeshift barricades including garbage bags and metal barriers."
"By early afternoon, the Times said, about 200 protesters had gathered, chanting and shouting at the agents, and the confrontation turned violent when some of the vehicles emerged from the garage and were chased along Canal Street. A number of the protesters were hurling planters and trash cans after them, the newspaper said, and a masked occupant in one of the vehicles sprayed several people with what appeared to be a chemical irritant."
About 200 protesters in New York City thwarted a federal immigration raid on the edge of Manhattan's Chinatown, triggering scuffles and several arrests. CBP agents assembled with counterparts from DHS and ICE near a lower Manhattan parking garage. Protesters blocked government vehicles with makeshift barricades, chanting and shouting as tensions escalated. Some vehicles were chased along Canal Street while protesters hurled planters and trash cans; a masked occupant in a vehicle sprayed several people with a chemical irritant. Government agents ultimately abandoned the raid. Similar actions in other cities, including Charlotte and Chicago, have drawn citizen resistance to expanded detentions and deportations.
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