Chaos erupted in New York City on Saturday, when hundreds of anti-ICE protesters trapped federal immigration officers inside a parking garage for hours, apparently foiling an immigration raid.
Starting around 11 a.m., protesters gathered outside of a parking garage on the edge of Chinatown, after seeing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers (ICE) officers in the garage. The crowd of activists — which grew to an estimated 200 or so — shouted anti-ICE slogans, blocked the garage opening, and piled up trash bags to also stand in the way, according to The New York Times.
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades. pic.twitter.com/pCAsEyVnI9
— Talia Jane ❤️🔥 (@taliaotg) November 29, 2025
🚨 BREAKING: Anti-ICE protestors currently have federal agents and vehicles BLOCKED inside a garage in NYC as they scream “ICE out of New York”
The fact they’re allowed to get away with this is why they keep doing it!
ARREST THEM ALL! pic.twitter.com/frwdNdZug2
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 29, 2025
It wasn’t until after 1 p.m. that ICE agents left the garage in their vehicles, while being chased by protesters, who threw things like garbage cans at the vehicles.
New York Police Department officers tried to quell the riot but were generally unsuccessful, encountering physical pushback at times. According to the Times, several protesters were arrested, but an apparent ICE raid was foiled.
🚨 BREAKING: Utter CHAOS is breaking out against federal agents in NYC as anti-ICE rioters STORM the barricades
Their lives are in danger.
WE NEED MASS ARRESTS NOW or they will keep doing this!
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 29, 2025
Attacks on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents from Left-wing activists have spiked exponentially since President Donald Trump took office this term.
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Earlier this month, border patrol agents conducting immigration enforcement operations in Chicago were shot at by an unknown male driving a black Jeep, the Department of Homeland Security said at the time.
DHS also noted that an “unknown number of agitators also threw a paint can and bricks at Border Patrol’s vehicles.”
“Over the past two months, we’ve seen an increase in assaults and obstruction targeting federal law enforcement during operations,” DHS said. “These confrontations highlight the dangers our agents face daily and the escalating aggression toward law enforcement. The violence must end.”
In October, ICE officers were similarly targeted in an armed attack in Chicago. Assistant Secretary Dept. of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin said officers were “rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars” and agents were forced to exit their vehicles on foot.
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