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ICE agents accused of hurting photojournalist
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents allegedly shoved and injured a photojournalist, according to New York City Comptroller Brad Lander.
NEW YORK - Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents allegedly assaulted multiple journalists inside 26 Federal Plaza on Tuesday, with one having to be taken out on a stretcher, according to eyewitnesses.
What we know:
Video from the government building, which houses an immigration court, was shared with FOX 5 NY. It showed several people attending to the one man who was on the floor. A doctor appeared to be checking the man's blood pressure.
What they're saying:
On Tuesday afternoon, amNewYork reported that one of their reporters was allegedly assaulted by agents. According to amNewYork, it started when ICE agents followed a woman leaving immigration court into an elevator. Reporter Dean Moses tried to follow them to document the arrest. That's when Moses said multiple agents grabbed and pushed him out of the elevator.
During the scuffle, amNewYork reported that another ICE agent shoved a different reporter from the Associated Press. A third reporter standing behind her was knocked back, and fell to the floor, hitting his head hard.
In a post on X, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander said the man had to be taken out of the building on a stretcher.
Lander called it "another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy."
Gov. Kathy Hochul also chimed in on X.
"This abuse of law-abiding immigrants and the reporters telling their stories must end," Hochul wrote. "What the hell are we doing here?"
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani also criticized the alleged attack.
"Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband. Today they attacked journalists from amNewYork and [the Associated Press]," Mamdani wrote on X. "We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city."
The backstory:
Lander has been arrested several times outside 26 Federal Plaza in recent months, including just a few weeks ago, when he was one of 11 elected officials arrested during an anti-ICE protest. Lander was previously arrested there in June.
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The building has become a local hotbed of arrests and detentions in the federal government’s immigration crackdown.
What we don't know:
FOX 5 NY has reached out to ICE for comment.
The Source: Information in this story is from eyewitnesses at 26 Federal Plaza, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and previous FOX 5 NY reporting.