An ICE agent inside 26 Federal Plaza outside an immigration hearing, his glasses branded “Nemesis,” reflect the journalists documenting him in the hallway. Following Tuesday’s incident at 26 Federal Plaza, the image underscores the tense dynamic between press and ICE agents inside the building.

While elected officials demanded access to the 10th floor to observe conditions where migrants are held, an ICE agent struck a photographer’s camera (Michael Nigro) and then falsely claimed the photographer hit him: “You hit me in the face with it.”

Yesterday at 26 Federal Plaza: a father left his immigration hearing carrying his sleeping daughter. ICE allowed him to hand her to his wife before detaining him. Later, 11 officials were arrested inside & 70+ protestors arrested outside blocking the driveway. www.instagram.com/p/DOyvyZXjRT...

Good morning! I’m at the Broadview Detention Facility in Chicago, Illinois. Several dozen protesters are here protesting against the ramp up in federal deportation raids in the Chicago area. Things are testy already, several attempted arrests from DHS.

Great video by @madisonswart.bsky.social showing our earnest elected officials attempting to access an ICE detention facility to do oversight. They explain. They ask. They chant. They sing! @bradlander.bsky.social @emilyassembly.bsky.social @juliasalazar.bsky.social Marcela Mitaynes and others!

Brad Lander and ten other elected officials were arrested inside 26 Federal Plaza after demanding access to observe the 10th floor, where detainees are held. The group staged a sit-in before Federal Protective Service officers moved in with zip ties.

After leaving his immigration hearing with his sleeping daughter in his arms, a man is confronted by ICE and CBP. He passes the child to his wife in the waiting room, shares tearful goodbyes, and is then detained and escorted toward the staircase where he’ll be brought to the 10th floor.

At 26 Federal Plaza today, ICE agents detained a man after his immigration hearing, leaving behind his wife and children. His wife broke down outside the courthouse with her young child. Their 7-year-old will return from school to find her father gone.

On the evening of September 12, the New York Young Republican Club organized a vigil at Madison Square Park, drawing supporters after the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. #charliekirk

A mother and her three children bow their heads in prayer in the hallway of 26 Federal Plaza before entering an immigration hearing on September 12th 2025 in New York.

Several people and I sued DHS and Kristi Noem, and won a preliminary injunction. Here’s the meat of the judge’s order:

After her hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, a woman was detained and escorted toward the stairwell. Her husband, confused and in shock, was guided toward the exit. Minutes later, he broke down in the elevator. They entered together, but he left alone. This happens here daily. #ICE

NEW from me for The Ten Four: An employee at Los Angeles County Counsel has been arrested and charged with felony hate crimes after sending death threats to an Asian co-worker Always appreciate any reposts, subscribes, etc. you can give as I try to build The Ten Four. latenfour.com/2025/09/10/a...

Tonight at the “Fighting Oligarchy” rally in Brooklyn, Zohran Mamdani leads the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to Senator Bernie Sanders. #zohranmamdani #berniesanders

Some great reporting by Kate Burns. The Portland-based DontMessWithOurKids is mentioned a few times.

Hundreds strike at GE Aerospace, SpaceX wins against the NLRB, major protests planned for Labor Day, and more headlines you missed.

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and Reverend Al Sharpton backstage at the March on Wall Street in New York City on August 28, 2025. #zohranmamdani #alsharpton #marchonwallstreet

La photojournaliste @madisonswart.com raconte dans @lemonde.fr son reportage en immersion au 26 Federal Plaza, à New York, où des demandeurs d'asile venus défendre leur dossier son arrêtés par la police anti-immigration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Scenes from the past month inside NYC’s immigration courts. At 26 Federal Plaza and 290 Broadway, detainments happen daily, often out of public view. Families arrive together, but not everyone leaves together.

Greetings all! I absolutely hate doing this, but I’ve been unable to successfully work or process invoices for the majority of the last several weeks due to a fractured rib sustained during a protest on August 8th. I could use some help. www.gofundme.com/f/help-sean-...

ICE raided the Westlake Home Depot in Los Angeles this morning. LATU organizers snapped some photos from the raid—one sticks out: ICE agents rolling up in a Penske rental truck. Wonder where they got the idea😬 Trying to avoid detection? Is this policy now? Are they now doing roving gangs in this?

The photo essay I’ve been working on with @lemondefr is finally live — about what happens inside 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE detains migrants daily, despite what happens in their hearings. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Greetings! Here with @melbuer.bsky.social and @madisonswart.com - a march of several dozen protesters who were going through downtown Los Angeles are now heading to Metro Detention Center. They claim the occupy camp there is being raided; I haven’t been able to independently verify.

Two people nervously walk past ICE agents stationed outside immigration court in New York City after leaving their hearing. One agent rests against the wall, appearing asleep.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been documenting what happens outside immigration court in NYC — where ICE waits quietly in the halls for hearings to end, then makes their move. Each week brings a new pattern, but the outcome rarely changes: people are taken. Fear spreads. And the system keeps moving.

A man holds his son as ICE checks to see if he’s on the deportation list. Both appear visibly shaken. After a long pause, agents confirm he isn’t on it. They’re allowed to leave. Scenes like this unfold daily inside New York’s immigration courts.

Greetings! I’m at the Huntington Park Library in Los Angeles, where a group of federal police officers that received flat tires during a confrontation with the community have parked. They are doing road repairs currently. Activists are beginning to arrive quickly from the community.

The back of an ICE agent’s shirt in the hallway outside immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza.

She walked out of her immigration hearing smiling — papers in hand, standing tall. She had no idea the man waiting in the hallway was ICE. No idea she was about to be detained. This is happening inside NYC’s immigration courts. Every day. #ICE

A coalition of organizations rallied outside Palantir’s NYC office to protest the company’s contracts with ICE and its role in immigrant surveillance. Multiple demonstrators were arrested by the NYPD. #palantir #nyc #protest

ICE detained two confused, non-English-speaking men at 26 Federal Plaza today—before they reached their courtrooms. One was stopped right after getting off the elevator. Immigration attorney Benjamin Remy and I watched it happen. #ICE #nyc #federalplaza

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams confronted a senior ICE agent today outside Manhattan’s immigration courts, demanding answers after several people were detained without due process.

XR Rebellion activists staged a climate protest at Apple’s 5th Ave store yesterday — disrupting business, chanting, and spray painting messages like “boycott apple” on the glass. One arrest was made.

After Bass spoke with what I assume is a DHS rep, they packed shit up and headed out. The whole neighborhood turned out to chase them out of the park. Some fruit was thrown, alot of yelling

Multiple people were detained by ICE today at 26 Federal Plaza during routine check-ins and hearings. Some cases were delayed for lack of a translator, but ICE made arrests anyway. Court observers, council members, and a state senator helped a few safely exit.

At New York City Pride, Jessica Tisch and members of the Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) held a protest in response to the ban on uniformed police participation in the Pride parade. They were greeted by Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams.

Participants in the 2025 Drag March gathered outside the Stonewall Inn to sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” in a moment of collective defiance and reflection. The closing scene held particular weight amid ongoing attacks on LGBTQ+ rights nationwide.

Early this morning, ICE agents staged at Gate E of Dodger Stadium. Protestors arrived to denounce their presence, though only six agents remained. LAPD told demonstrators they were on private property, then escorted ICE into the stadium.

Protestors at the NO KINGS protest here in DTLA yell “Shame on you!” at the National Guard outside of the Federal Building.

NOW: thousands upon thousands have gathered in DTLA for the NO KINGS protest, demanding ICE out of LA.

NOW! protestors are gathered at the building where peter thiel is believed to work. though it’s been said he moved his office a few months ago to a different building. still, protestors are taking up space inside the building and outside.

Last night in Whittier CA — Anti-ICE protestors held a noise demo outside the DoubleTree Hilton, where ICE agents are believed to be staying. After a front glass window was broken, LAPD and LA County Sheriffs declared an unlawful assembly and responded with force.

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

JOURNALISTS IN LA or COVERING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT: Press rights groups are trying to coordinate responses to unlawful attacks by federal officers against journalists during protests. If you can help ID individuals in charge of operations (incident commander, etc.) & contact info please LMK.

LAPD assisted by the Huntington Beach Police just came in full force firing munitions and with Horse support. Someone was trampled. Another has a serious head injury.

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At a protest against ICE outside of 26 Federal Plaza in NYC on Saturday June 7th, pepper spray was deployed on protestors where a cop accidentally sprayed himself.

This is @melbuer.bsky.social on Sean’s account, posting here since it’s his video: the moment that Sean and @ryannemena.bsky.social were injured by what may have been a tear gas canister fired from a line of HSI officers in Paramount, CA.

Both reporters have checked in, but are currently covered in CS gas. Currently reviewing footage, @acatwithnews.bsky.social thinks it may have been a tear gas canister that he took to the forehead