Overview

• Members of the City Council Progressive Caucus organized eight rallies and canvassing events across neighborhoods including Astoria, Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn, and Sunset Park.
• Participants wore white and focused on immigrant rights education, with elected officials and advocates urging community support and transparency.
• The mobilization followed a Texas ICE field office shooting that killed one detainee and injured two others, after which Attorney General Pam Bondi said she is deploying DOJ agents and directing Joint Terrorism Task Forces to investigate and disrupt threats.
• DHS said the ICE officer seen pushing a woman outside 26 Federal Plaza has been relieved of duty and described the behavior as unacceptable.
• Government statistics cited in the coverage show 35% of people arrested by ICE have no criminal convictions and 81% of CBP transfers involve individuals with no charges or convictions.