Local Pols Discuss ICE Threats in Sunset Park
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Local politicians, community leaders, and several organizations met together in Sunset Park High School to discuss U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) threats and deportations in the neighborhood.
Sunset Park has been a target for ICE. Since Saturday, July 13, there have been four reports of ICE raid attempts in Sunset Park. In Brooklyn, there was one in Midwood and one in Bay Ridge this week, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) confirmed. On Sunday, July 14, the day the ICE raids were scheduled by President Donald Trump, over 100 people gathered in Sunset Park to protest ICE and to show their support for the more vulnerable.
“I am a proud son of two immigrants. I would not be who I am today if it were not for our immigrant community,” he said. “We are not going to stand by while the… criminal in the White House tries to attack our communities. We are going to work together. We are going to be relentless. And we will not yield to any act of this Administration.”