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On the heels of our report that ICE agents showed up in Riverside Park and questioned children about where they were from, and whether their parents were from America, a parkgoer this morning reported seeing red “I.C.E. Tipline” stickers plastered on the green boxes affixed to light poles that count traffic volume in Central Park, in the West 70s and 80s. Two out of three of the red stickers were coated with Vaseline in a feeble attempt to deter parkgoers and neighbors from peeling them off.
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The parkgoer, out for a morning walk, noticed the stickers at park entrances on West 85th Street, West 75th, and near the fork of West Drive that leads to Strawberry Fields. Although the parkgoer did not observe any masked agents physically present in the park Friday morning, the stickers instructing passersby to report on their neighbors appear to be an effort by the Trump administration to threaten and intimidate families.
ICE raids have swept through communities in Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, cities in Texas, New Mexico, New York, and Florida.
Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, told Axios that reports of citizens wrongly arrested are false and “the media [is] shamefully peddling a false narrative” to demonize ICE agents. However, Fortune reports that an estimated 72% of arrested individuals who ICE agents have detained do not have a record of criminal convictions.
Earlier this month, Couch Youman Wilder told I Love The Upper West Side that during his interaction with ICE in Riverside Park, none of the passersby intervened, recorded the incident on their cell phones, or stopped to ask if he or the minors in his care were okay. Coach Youman said the onlookers who stood back “looked like cowards.” When Youman attempted to file a police report, the 30th Precinct advised him to contact Homeland Security.
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Parkgoers are making their views known, too, tagging a lamppost on the Stephanie and Fred Shuman Running Track that circles the Jackie Kennedy Onassis Reservoir: “Trump = Cruelty to People.”
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Let them do their job. This is not “news”. Isn’t your job “news”? Yes, ICE goes to cities. (( YAWN )) So does the sun; it visits cities, too.
This isn’t their job. This is an excuse to harass citizens, legal residents, and those without the correct immigration status.
Maybe you were harassed emotionally? I am an immigrant and surrounded by mostly immigrants… we all share the same sentiment – for American dream and better living but all agreed we wanted to live in a safe and protected country. We are all aware that legal immigration is the only way to stay. Some of the people I knew have been waiting for the transition of legal and permanent resident status for more than 15 years after the working/ travel visa has expired, and eventually gave up their American dreams and left the country for good. We knew it is the right thing to do because our own home countries do not tolerate illegal immigration and why should we expect the land of the free must take us?
HL
Your comment affirms that you don’t understand the USA’s Bill of Rights.
DJT’s Dep. of Justice is hiring.
I don’t care what your country of origin does regards undocumented immigrants. You left. You’re here now. But you suppose that somehow your situation here justifies illegal searches.
1 These stickers are so fake they are laughable. I would love to see the video from the building on CPW and the park itself as these areas are covered by them. They DO NOT show any ICE etc They DO show a number of punk kids putting them up.
2 Why would he try and report the incident at the 30, that’s way uptown nowhere near where it was claimed to have happened. If there was so much concern, why did he and or anyone else call? I quick call to 911 about someone harassing kids would have brought NYPD there very quickly. They would have done a canvas and check local cameras’ as well.
3 Self-appointed community leaders and others are pushing this false narative
4 You don’t have to have a criminal conviction to be detained. You could have a final deportation order, a warrant from your home country and/or believed to be a flight risk IE that you would not show up for your court date.
5 There have been a number of faked incidents across the country, one of the most agreegous was in Cal. were more than one person has claimed to have been grabbed by ICE and created go fund me pages before magically escaping. They all had the same lawyers and supporters doing press conferences Now they are all charged with federal crimes.
5 Even the NYS att gen is warning about these fake ICE officers operating in NYC. They are going around to people claiming to be a ble to accept $$$ not to take them in
6 Here is just one example of the fakery thats going on. The reports are all over the media other than MSNBC or NY Times.
Mexican Illegal Alien Charged for Orchestrating ‘Kidnapping’ Hoax
Liars like Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon are fueling an 830% increase in assaults against ICE
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after the Department of Justice, in coordination with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Los Angeles, arrested and filed charges against Mexican illegal alien Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon for fabricating a false story to smear federal law enforcement.
Earlier this month, legacy media ran with a false story that ICE agents and bounty hunters “kidnapped” Calderon at gunpoint and held her hostage in a warehouse. After her family held a press conference orchestrated by their attorney, ICE spent days investigating the kidnapping claims and searching for her — at times, literally detention cell to detention cell.
Statement Attributable to Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:
“Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon was never arrested or kidnapped by ICE or bounty hunters—this criminal illegal alien scammed innocent Americans for money and diverted limited DHS resources from removing the worst of the worst from Los Angeles communities. Politicians and activist media peddled these smears that were designed to demonize law enforcement and evade accountability. Calderon will now face justice and the media and politicians who swallowed and pushed this garbage should be embarrassed.”
Calderon is charged with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officers and if convicted, faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for each.
@John
How do you say you support Trump without saying you support Trump?
You do realize that in Obama’s presidency, he deported more than 2x as many people as Trump in a year?
Yea, and?
Ice Ice Baby!
Most of that rant is bs
No it isn’t. Wake up to reality. You and others like you are a major part of the problem.
Yes, Deborah, it is BS.
The threats to immigrants (both legally here and those without the correct status) AND citizens are very real.
ICEBlock
I found a similar hand bill posted by the Boat House in Central Park last week.
Seemed crude, but why would it be “fake”?
If these stickers are genuine and not fakes, all people found removing them should be arrested and charged with obstruction of justice. Same with those who are defacing public property with anti-ICE messages,
Lol that’s not how the law works Steve. Will be prancing around the UWS this weekend taking they them down!
If these stickers are genuine, official and not fakes, all people found removing them should be arrested and charged with obstruction of justice. Same with those who are defacing public property with anti-ICE messages.
Steve:
I can confirm that the DHS/ICE phone number on the handbill I saw posted by the Boat House in Central Park was a real DHS number.
Everyone should just call the number and report Melania Trump 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C.
Call once a day everyday until her arrest and deportation.