ICE agents arrest multiple migrants in lower Manhattan after mandatory check-in

Cayla Bamberger and Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News on Jun 4, 2025

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NEW YORK — ICE agents detained multiple migrants who were doing mandatory check-ins at a lower Manhattan office steps away from City Hall on Wednesday afternoon, sources said.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested the migrants after they checked in at an Intensive Supervision Appearance Program office hearing on Elk Street, according to the New York Legal Assistance group.

“There’s a huge amount of pressure to increase the number of people being deported on a daily basis. So in that environment, it’s not surprising we’re seeing this activity happening in downtown New York,” said immigration advocate Naveed Hasan. “Why are our federal reps not resisting this? Why are they not standing up for New York, putting a stop to this lawlessness?”

Dramatic photos of the arrests show ICE agents in masks and plainclothes escorting people in handcuffs out of the building.

One distraught woman was seen hysterically crying on her knees on the ground as she watched her husband being detained and led away by ICE agents.

The arrests were a part of a national effort under the Trump administration to ensnare migrants in deportation roundups as they appear for routine court check-ins.

The crackdown comes after White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said on Fox News last week that the administration was setting a goal of 3,000 arrests by ICE each day and that the number could go higher, according to the Associated Press.

“President Trump is going to keep pushing to get that number up higher each and every single day,” said Miller.

Three thousand arrests per day would mark a huge increase in daily arrests from current figures. Between Jan. 20 and May 19, the agency arrested 78,155 people, which translates to an average of 656 arrests per day.

On Tuesday, around 16 people were detained at the Elk Street immigration check-in office, according to The City.

Anxiety for immigrants in New York has heightened after ICE agents recently detained Dylan, a 20-year-old Bronx public school student from Venezuela, when he attended a routine hearing in Manhattan related to his asylum claim.

Mayor Adams encouraged asylum-seekers on Tuesday to continue showing up for immigration court hearings.

“I don’t want people to be deterred from going to court, because if you deter people from following out the process, then you can create a level of people being fearful of our court system,” he said at City Hall. The mayor also affirmed his administration “will not and we have not collaborated with ICE on any civil enforcement.”

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