How 200 New Yorkers Foiled an ICE Raid Before It Even Began

Mon, December 1, 2025

Immigration activists interact with NYPD as they block a garage used by

ICE vans during a protest against a purported ICE raid on Canal Street

on November 29, 2025 in New York City. Activists assembled outside of a

garage used by ICE and later they tried to block ICE vehicles as they

traveled from the garage down Canal Street to the Holland Tunnel to exit

Manhattan. Credit - Stephanie Keith—2025 Getty Images

For the second time in just over a month, a large-scale raid by dozens of

immigration agents in New York City was met with a similarly large-scale

counter-protest. This time, however, the protesters thwarted the

authorities' plans before they began.

Multiple arrests were made on Saturday during scuffles on the edge of

Chinatown, during which hundreds of protesters faced off with federal

agents, eventually supported by the New York Police Department (NYPD),

as they prepared to launch a raid in the area.