Tensions are rising in New York City after ICE detained a City Council employee at a routine court hearing, adding to a growing wave of high-profile immigration enforcement actions nationwide. As arrests and protests unfold from Canal Street to Minneapolis, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says the administration is using “every single tool” to enforce U.S. immigration laws, raising urgent questions about the human and legal consequences of these tactics.

Speaking with PIX11, our Vice President of Advocacy and Litigation, Anthony Enriquez, explains the systems of abuse and power that underlie ICE arrests, emphasizing that “what we really need to do is take a hard look at the power that we’ve given the government to really harm all of us.”
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