Jersey City Mayor James Solomon is calling for the release of a woman who was detained by five U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while she was walking downtown on Friday, according to video footage of the incident.
By Dan Israel/Hudson County View
“My office and JCPD are aware of reports that federal immigration officers arrested an individual in downtown Jersey City on Friday – we were neither notified of nor involved in the operation,” Solomon said in a statement.
“Based on the information we have, this person committed no crime and wasn’t a threat to our community. They should be released immediately and returned to their loved ones. Jersey City is a community of immigrants. Everyone deserves the right to safety in their community, without the threat of being abducted by federal agents.”
The incident occurred near the intersection of Barrow Street and Wayne Street on the morning of Friday, April 10th.
Shortly after taking office this year, Solomon signed an executive order strengthening sanctuary city protections in Jersey City.
Those protocols include citywide training and protocols for encounters with federal immigration authorities, banning the use of city property for immigration enforcement, and creating community partnerships for “know-your-rights” outreach and legal support.
However, that hasn’t stopped federal agents from conducting immigration enforcement in Jersey City from Downtown to the Heights, prompting responses from local and state officials from town halls with residents to proposing responsive legislation.
Video footage of the encounter between the ICE agents and a young woman was publicized on social media by Spirit of Liberation Jersey City (SOL).
Ward E Councilwoman Eleana Little, in response to SOL’s posts, encouraged anyone who knows the woman or has contact information for her friends or family to contact her office at elittle@jcnj.org.
“All over our city, these kidnappings result in our immigrant community members being transported to, and suffering in, concentration camps and black sites,” SOL said in a statement on Instagram accompanying the video.
“We should be deeply disturbed that the lack of awareness around ICE in our neighborhoods enables us to walk past this horrific event without intervening. Countless families live in fear around us and those who have already fallen victim to ICE’s terror are desperately fighting to locate and protect their loved ones … Urgently we must organize, mobilize, and continue to resist the invasion of ICE in Jersey City.”
The young woman was walking down the sidewalk before being approached by one law enforcement officer who grabs her arm and begins to talk to her, footage shows. Another agent approaches, and shortly after they begin to arrest her.
At that point, the video shows another three agents appear and take the woman’s bag and other personal items before she is escorted into an unmarked black SUV.
As of Monday afternoon, ICE did not return an email seeking comment asking for details about the arrest.
ICE removing an illegal alien. What is Solomon’s problem here? If you invade, you should live in fear of getting caught one day. That was the deal on the books before she was even born.
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Until the Orange Pedophile became president, I had no idea how many ignorant bigots lived in Hudson County.
Sad.
Don’t call Joe Biden an Orange pedophile. He probably stopped showering with his daughter, Ashley, at this point.
Besides all of Jeffrey Epstein’s BFFs were Gates, Hoffman, Clinton and Clooney – all big Insider Democrats.
Joe wasn’t with that crowd.
Solomon is not a king, he would like to be, but he is not. We have courts and laws and more laws and juries to decide these things. It is not for Solomon or any other wannabe king to decide. Give the process a chance to work.
This is gross. Wish these fools would find real jobs that contributed to society rather than harassing people. Or, better yet, educate themselves on who’s actually destroying this country. Glorified gestapo just isn’t it.
Did they arrest your low-paid slave?