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New Yorkers Alarmed After ICE Uses Military Vehicle In Criminal Arrest

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November 7, 2019
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A large, armored vehicle belonging to the Department of Homeland Security startled residents in Queens, New York City, on Wednesday as authorities used it to conduct an arrest, according to local news outlets.

A federal source who spoke to Spectrum News NY1 on the condition of anonymity said the Special Response Team, a division within Immigration and Customs Enforcement, used the military-style vehicle, commonly known as a BearCat, for a criminal arrest in Ridgewood. The operation “did not involve an immigration issue,” the source added.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers look to arrest an undocumented immigrant during an operation in the Bushwic



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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers look to arrest an undocumented immigrant during an operation in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn on April 11, 2018 in New York City. 

According to the Gothamist, a spokesperson for Mayor Bill de Blasio told the website that the federal agents were present to investigate a firearms suspect, who was alleged to have “about 50 guns, including a machine gun, gun parts and ammunition.”

As word of the operation spread online, some people took to social media to voice their concerns about what appeared to be an outsized, heavily militarized operation targeting undocumented immigrants in New York City.

This happened this morning in Ridgewood. HSI, which is a part of ICE, was on Forest Ave between Summerfield St & Norman St. If you have any information, please let us know and NEVER open your door to ICE.https://t.co/ekZqmNrvaD pic.twitter.com/MMRpE34N8O

— Ridgewood Tenants Union (@RidgewdTenantsU) November 7, 2019

ICE is literally rolling through Queens in armored personnel carriers like an occupying force. https://t.co/2mFB5LBSx9

— Aaron Leaf (@aaronleaf) November 7, 2019

This is ICE using a *Bearcat* while they remove people from apartments at 8am searching for one guy. https://t.co/rxZSt2Yx7w

— Kelly Weill (@KELLYWEILL) November 7, 2019

In a statement given to Gothamist, Raquel Namuche, a member of the Ridgewood tenants union, said the operation scared local residents. “People feel terrorized,” Namuche said, adding that the arrest occurred near a youth program for children as young as four and didn’t account for their potential fears about seeing a tank-like vehicle as they left for and returned from school.

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The Trump administration has resorted to various shows of force designed to instill fear in people it believes to be in the U.S. without documentation. Last year, it deployed thousands of troops to the border in response to a migrant caravan.

In July, a wave of highly publicized ICE raids on immigrant communities in Harlem and Brooklyn resulted in only a few arrests relative to the scale of the operation. The Trump administration targeted 2,000 migrants in that raid, according to the New York Times. Of the 2,000 migrants targeted, 35 were reportedly arrested.

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