Investigation Finds 93% of ICE Arrests Targeted Latinos in NY/NJ

‘They have all the power’: investigation finds that 93% of ICE arrests targeted Latinos

430 ICE street arrests filed over a five-month period were clustered in predominantly Latino communities across New Jersey and New York Federal agents have arrested hundreds of immigrants off New York and New Jersey streets in recent months in a stealth enforcement campaign that disproportionately targeted people from Latin American countries, according to an investigation by the City Reporter based on a review of more than 1,200 lawsuits. More than 93% of the people grabbed off area streets ...

By Gwynne Hogan, Rosalind Adams and Haidee Chu in New York for the City Reporter