Dozens arrested after protesters take over NYC hotel lobby during anti-ICE demonstration
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Authorities made several arrests following a protest against ICE that erupted inside a New York City hotel on Tuesday evening, as reported by various sources.

Officers from the New York City Police Department were dispatched to the Hilton Garden Inn on Sixth Avenue in Tribeca around 6 p.m. The protesters had taken over the hotel lobby, disrupting pedestrian movement.

The activist group Sunrise Movement shared a post on X earlier that day, alleging that ICE officials were being accommodated at the hotel.

Immigration Activists Demonstrate Against ICE In New York City

On January 27, immigration rights activists staged a sit-in at the Hilton Garden Inn in New York City, with protesters assembling outside the hotel. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Social media videos captured the scene, showing protesters chanting and displaying signs inside the hotel lobby, steadfastly refusing to leave.

Protesters can be heard chanting, “No ICE, No KKK, No Fascist USA” and “ICE out of New York.”

In a separate video, protesters chant, “Kristi Noem will hang,” blatantly calling out the Department of Homeland Security secretary.

Sam Raskin, a spokesperson for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, released a statement Tuesday in response to the protests and the police response.

“Mayor Mamdani commends the protestors who exercised their right to protest against ICE today,” he said. “As he has said, ICE is a rogue agency that has repeatedly carried out cruel, inhumane, and lawless raids, arrests, shootings, and even targeted American citizens. The Mayor is also pleased with the NYPD’s response to today’s peaceful protest.”

At about 8:20 p.m., an NYPD bus carrying the arrested protesters departed the hotel, while remaining protesters chanted, “We love you, we will get justice for you.”

NYPD officers continued to stand outside the hotel entrance as the crowd slowly dispersed.

Immigration Activists Demonstrate Against ICE In New York City

Protesters took over the lobby of a Manhattan hotel, prompting a police response and multiple arrests Tuesday evening. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The NYPD did not immediately confirm how many people were arrested or what they were charged with.

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, police in Minnesota arrested multiple anti-ICE protesters outside a hotel after officers declared an unlawful assembly.

Those demonstrations took place outside the SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Maple Grove, Minnesota, where protesters believed U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino was staying.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Hilton Garden Inn and the Department of Homeland Security for comment.

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