'Our neighbors are in danger': New Yorkers prep for an immigration crackdown
New Yorkers have been training at churches and community centers across the city in recent weeks in preparation for an expected ramp-up in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity.
Over 80 people gathered at a church in Inwood, Manhattan for a “deportation defense” training on a recent Monday evening.
“We’re here because our neighbors are in danger,” event organizer John Mark Rozendaal told the all-ages crowd. “We’ve seen them abducted in courthouses. And now we’re seeing in Chicago and Portland, our neighbors abducted from the streets.”
Rozendaal added: “We don’t know what we can do to stop this. But we know we can try.”
Such trainings, which are largely organized by mutual aid and advocacy groups, have become more popular and numerous following an ICE
The preparations come as the Trump administration’s “border czar” Tom Homan has renewed
