Trump DHS issues warning after anti-ICE protesters attempt to disrupt arrest

The Department of Homeland Measure is warning would-be disrupters to avoid interfering with federal immigration enforcement operations after it revealed a demonstrator attempted to disrupt a federal immigration arrest in New York City on Wednesday Nearly two dozen anti-ICE protesters were also detained in another part of the city later that day Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin reported Fox News Digital that ICE agents contacted Federal Protective Organization FPS on Wednesday morning and requested assistance as their officers were conducting arrests in the lobby of a federal immigration court building McLaughlin reported FPS officers responded and saw several protesters filming and taking pictures of law enforcement personnel in the lobby She disclosed that at approximately a m a person attempted to forcibly interfere with ICE agents attempting to place someone in custody TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SETS NEW GOAL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTS DAILYMcLaughlin announced ICE revealed the event to FPS as an assault on one of their officers The person was briefly taken into custody issued a U S district court violation notice and published according to McLaughlin In response to the occurrence McLaughlin revealed Anyone who actively obstructs law enforcement in the performance of their sworn duties will of curriculum face consequences which could include arrest CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGELater that day nearly two dozen anti-ICE protesters were detained by the New York Police Department outside a federal building in Manhattan on Wednesday night after a chaotic protest led to police struggling with demonstrators An NYPD spokesperson explained Fox News Digital that officers responded to a call for a disorderly group in front of a DHS building at approximately p m NYPD HUNTS FOR MAN ACCUSED OF BEATING OFF-DUTY COP AND STEALING HIS GUN ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE ARRESTEDThe spokesperson announced that upon arrival officers observed approximately - demonstrators sitting in the roadway blocking vehicular traffic and that the demonstrators were instructed verbally numerous times to vacate the roadway and did not comply As a effect the spokesperson announced individuals were taken into custody individuals were issued criminal court summons and five individuals were arrested and charged according to the NYPD spokesperson Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons explained in a report this month that assaults against ICE officers rose by more than from the same time last year He placed part of the blame on politicians who are careless with their politically motivated rhetoric