Police arrest dozens of protesters at anti-ICE protest in NYC hotel
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Police arrested dozens of people after an anti-ICE protest broke out at a New York City hotel Tuesday evening, according to reports.
New York City Police Department officers responded to the Hilton Garden Inn on Sixth Avenue in Tribeca around 6 p.m. after protesters took over the lobby and blocked pedestrian traffic.
Sunrise Movement, an activist group, posted on X early Tuesday claiming the hotel was housing ICE officers.
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While immigrant rights activists staged a hotel sit-in in New York City on January 27, protesters gathered in front of the Hilton Garden Inn. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Videos posted on social media showed protesters chanting slogans inside the hotel and holding signs while refusing to leave the lobby.
Protesters can be heard chanting “No to ICE, no to the KKK, no to Fascist USA” and “ICE out of New York.”
In a separate video, protesters chant “Kristi Noem will be hanged,” blatantly calling out the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Sam Raskin, a spokesman for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, released a statement Tuesday in response to the protests and police response.
“Mayor Mamdani praises the protesters who exercised their right to protest against ICE today,” he said. “As he has stated, ICE is a rogue agency that has repeatedly carried out brutal, inhumane, and unlawful raids, arrests, shootings, and even targeted American citizens. The Mayor is also pleased with the NYPD’s response to today’s peaceful protest.”
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Around 8:20 p.m., an NYPD bus carrying arrested protesters left the hotel, while the remaining protesters chanted “We love you, we will get justice for you.”
NYPD officers continued to stand outside the hotel’s entrance as the crowd slowly dispersed.
Protesters took over the lobby of a Manhattan hotel, prompting police action and several arrests on Tuesday evening. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The NYPD did not immediately confirm how many people were arrested or what they were charged with.
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The demonstration followed the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti during an encounter with U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis over the weekend. Earlier this month, Renee Nicole Good was also fatally shot during an encounter with ICE officers in Minneapolis.
On Monday, Minnesota police arrested several anti-ICE protesters outside a hotel after officers declared an unlawful assembly.
These demonstrations took place in front of the SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel in Maple Grove, Minnesota, where protesters believed U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was staying.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Hilton Garden Inn and the Department of Homeland Security for comment.
