The scene outside Delaney Hall last night, as protesters blocked an entrance as word spread guards were attempting to move Martin Soto, one of the detainees who is involved in a hunger and work strike inside. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/25/p...

UPDATE: NYLAG confirmed Alexander was released last night.

A day after a judge's order barring most ICE arrests inside immigration courts, masked agents detained a Honduran man at 26 Federal Plaza, according to advocates who witnessed it... www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/19/i...

“They were choking him, hitting him, trying to get him out of the car,” and the agents had bashed his car window, an eyewitness told @thecity.nyc. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/04/v...

Video Shows ICE Agent Tasing Man Multiple Times Ahead of Bushwick Hospital Standoff www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/04/v...

In Albany this week, lawmakers are debating legislation that would restrict collaboration between ICE and local governments. Court records reviewed by @thecity.nyc showed 3 dozen cases where local authorities were alleged to have helped in a handoff to ICE. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/16/l...

ICE has released details on "collateral" arrests for the first time, through data obtained by @deportationdata.org. In NYC, more than 800 since August were deemed "collateral," about a quarter of arrests. reporting w/ @haidee.bsky.social for @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/02/i...

Dylan Contreras' first day back at school after 10 months in ICE detention from @michaelelsenroo.bsky.social. www.thecity.nyc/2026/03/31/n...

Bronx high-schooler Dylan Contreras, released this week after 10 months in ICE detention, is in Manhattan today, flanked by Mayor Mamdani, Gov Hochul, Public advocate Jumaane Williams and Council Speaker Julie Menin to celebrate his release.

huge news from @gwynnefitz.bsky.social: the city is shutting down the 30th Street shelter, a primary gateway for homeless intakes for decades

An Azerbajani undergrad at Columbia was arrested by DHS agents who lied their way into her campus housing, according to acting prez and legal filings seeking her release reviewed by @thecity.nyc. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/26/e...

ICE has doubled its capacity to hold immigrants at MDC, while federal filings from immigrants held there reveal frequent lock downs, inedible food, and difficulty accessing medical care.

"A Colombian man with HIV, referred to in legal filings as O.F.B., went more than a week without access to his preventative HIV medication despite asking staff at the prison for them multiple times each day." — @gwynnefitz.bsky.social and @rosalindadams.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/18/i...

“‘I hope they don’t arrest us because the 13th is Valentine’s Day, and I want to be there,’” a son told his mother ahead of an recent ICE check in at 26 Fed. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/13/c...

ICE officials, under a judge’s order to clean up overcrowded and squalid conditions inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a separate floor where they decided the the ruling didn't apply. The revelation comes in a hearing today: www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...

The City Council staffer arrested by ICE at an asylum interview was denied bond by an immigration judge this morning. “There’s pressure in this case to not release my client because he works for the City Council,” attorney Roger Asmar told THE CITY. “It’s all political.”

A mother and her 2 young kids, including her US citizen 4-year-old daughter, were trapped in a hotel room for weeks without contact from the outside world as the Trump administration sought to deport them. "We were experiencing a nightmare," she told @thecity.nyc. www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/28/i...

NYPD's Strategic Response Group is on scene, protesters are being walked out of Hilton lobby from back door marched to bus.

Anti-ICE protesters outside a Hilton in Lower Manhattan, where a group of demonstrators inside the lobby, dozens of NYPD SRG on site, some have entered hotel through a back door.

Thousands marching in solidarity with Minneapolis against ICE in NYC. @thecity.nyc

The @hudsonriverpark.bsky.social Trust is ending contract with ICE to stash vehicles at Pier 40 parking lot. The 150K a year contract ends in June, but @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social whose district oversees the park, is calling for the trust to cut out early. www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/21/i...

NYSNA nurses go wild as Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives at the picket line in Washington Heights @thecity.nyc

As Noem spoke, a crowd of dozens of protesters marched from Foley Square to rally outside One World Trade Center, denouncing Good’s killing and ICE’s efforts more broadly. from @gwynnefitz.bsky.social:

Presser has begun, DHS is announcing "Operation Salvo" where they've arrested 54 people since the shooting of an Off-duty CBP officer over the summer, 30 ppl have already been deported, the rest are in ICE custody, officials say.

A day after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected in NYC to discuss enforcement efforts here. reporting for @thecity.nyc

Hours after this story went out yesterday, workers outside Delaney Hall enclosed the open air waiting room, giving families a little more protection from the elements during the long wait outside the facility to see loved ones.

“For me, this is a joke. You don’t even treat an animal this way.” I spoke ppl visiting loved ones detained at Delaney Hall, now the largest ICE detention center in northeast, who often have to wait more than hour outside before they can enter. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/22/d...

The father and son whose separation at 26 Federal Plaza last month drew widespread outrage have been deported to China. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/19/f...

In immigration court today DHS lawyers moved to toss peoples' asylum claims en masse, arguing they should seek asylum in countries they may have never set foot in instead. h/t to @hellgatenyc.com who first reported on the Trump administration's latest tactic. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/18/a...

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NYC shelter staff violated city sanctuary laws at least three times earlier this year -- according to lawyers who reviewed incident reports I obtained. Staff gave ICE and DHS info about a former resident and let them enter private spaces of shelters, reports show. gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...

The aunt of Adama Bah, a prominent New York immigrant activist and advocate, was freed from ICE detention today. She'd been grabbed from line to board a plane at LGA airport two days before Thanksgiving. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/a...

The latest ICE arrest data crunched by data wiz @haidee.bsky.social who found 70% of people arrested by ICE in NYC had no criminal arrests or convictions, a much larger share than the rest of the country. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/i...

NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY. buff.ly/hbjzh2q

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...

NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...

NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...

Around two dozen car/vans have sped out of the garage, with NYPD officers clearing the path. One guys tries to stop them, NYPD officers come chasing.

Crowd still gathering, several more NYPD arrests, protesters chant "you don't work for ICE you work for us"

One arrest now.

Feds have retreated into the parking garage, NYPD now warning of arrests.

"all of you are immigrants," one man yells at the agents, he was in SoHo doing some shopping when he heard ICE was here.

Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc

NYPD officers arriving now.

"I hope you get the worst fucking hemorrhoids and can never sit down," one protester says heckling the masked feds staring down from the parking garage above.

Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.

“I considered myself a strong person, a resilient person, but I’ve never gone through something like this... Leave your family out of nowhere, the uncertainty of what’s going to happen to you." www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...

The NYPD is confirming its involvement in an FBI probe targeting volunteer immigration court observers, saying it was part of a “broader counterterrorism investigation" into "a range of possible criminal activities.” www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...