U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have apprehended a group of illegal migrants from Africa — including several Senegalese nationals with extensive criminal histories involving drug trafficking, robbery, domestic violence, and assaults on police officers.
Federal agents carried out the raid on Canal Street, a well-known area in New York City’s Chinatown, between Lafayette and Centre Streets on Tuesday, October 20. The operation targeted illegal street vendors accused of selling counterfeit designer items and stolen goods.
According to Homeland Security officials, nine migrants — most of whom had previously been released into the U.S. under the Biden administration — were taken into custody and are now awaiting deportation.
“ICE conducted a targeted, intelligence-driven enforcement operation on Canal Street in New York City focused on criminal activity involving counterfeit goods,” said Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, in a statement released Wednesday.
She added, “ICE arrested nine illegal aliens with criminal records including robbery, burglary, domestic violence, assaulting law enforcement officers, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, drug possession, and forgery.”
Officials confirmed that while all nine individuals were in the U.S. illegally, six of them had prior criminal convictions — including one identified as Ndiaye, who had been previously arrested for robbery, domestic violence, drug-related offenses, and forgery.
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