US EditionNew York attorney general urges public to report ICE activity after raid targets vendors
New York Attorney General Letitia James created a portal for public to report ICE enforcement after 14 arrests during a targeted operation against counterfeit goods on Canal Street.
- On Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and federal partners conducted a targeted, intelligence-driven operation on Canal Street, Chinatown, resulting in 14 arrests, nine linked to the immigration sweep.
- DHS officials said the operation followed criminal intelligence and merchant complaints, while influencer Savanah Hernandez's October 19 post tagging ICE highlighted African immigrants selling goods.
- Vendors along the Canal Street strip packed up and fled the area, and local residents protested as U.S. citizens and Mor Ndiaye were briefly detained and released.
- On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James launched a Federal Action Reporting Form portal for the public to submit photos and videos, pledging to review submissions for possible violations.
- The monitoring portal from Letitia James, a longtime Trump critic, risks raising tensions with the White House, while Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin defended the sweep as intelligence-driven and warned against obstruction.
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New York Attorney General Urges Public to Report Federal Immigration Raids After High-Profile Chinatown Operation
The announcement came a day after dozens of armed federal agents, many masked, raided Canal Street vendors in an operation that federal officials said targeted counterfeit goods
Chinatown Raid Shows Limits of Local Power Against ICE Arrests
On Tuesday afternoon, New York City Councilmember Christopher Marte was setting out for a walk with a community group, looking for ways to create more shade in a park in his lower Manhattan district. Then his office got a call from a constituent: Federal law enforcement agents in masks and bulletproof vests were amassing on Canal Street in Chinatown. By the time Marte hopped off a Citibike at the scene, street vendors were fleeing and arrests we…
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DNyuzNYC politicians freaked out over the Canal Street raid — showing they care more about sticking it to Trump than protecting New Yorkers
As ICE raided Canal Street and arrested illegal migrants with criminal records, New York politicians came out in droves to protest Federal law enforcement. The message: law-abiding New Yorkers are an afterthought.
NY attorney general asks public for ICE raid footage
What happenedNew York Attorney General Letitia James Wednesday launched a “Federal Action Reporting Portal” and encouraged New Yorkers to upload footage of federal agents conducting a large raid in Manhattan on Tuesday so her office could assess “any violations of law.” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) said at a press conference Wednesday that ICE had wrongly detained four U.S. citizens in the Canal Street raid and held them for “nearly 24 hours” witho…
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