Overview
- Demonstrators formed human barricades and piled debris outside a Centre Street government garage near Canal Street, temporarily preventing DHS and ICE vehicles from exiting.
- NYPD officers responded to a 911 call for a disorderly group, ordered dispersal, used pepper spray during clashes, and arrested more than a dozen people.
- After roughly two hours, officers cleared a route and about two dozen federal vehicles left the area as protesters pursued and hurled planters and trash cans.
- DHS said social-media calls drew black-clad agitators who obstructed federal officers, while immigrant advocates and local officials accused police of facilitating federal enforcement and the NYPD rejected that claim.
- Whether the planned Canal Street operation proceeded remains unclear, with some reports saying no detentions occurred, and sources said HSI’s New York chief later apologized to the NYPD commissioner for how the action unfolded.