Heavily armed and masked ICE storm troopers raided Chinatown's Canal Street, detaining several street vendors drawing fierce backlash from bystanders and immigrant advocates. The crackdown began at about 3PM in the area of Centre and Canal Streets where ICE brownshirts showed up to question street vendors as part of an alleged operation to tackle counterfeit goods, according to DHS. A crowd of New Yorkers surrounded the thugs as they carried out the enforcement action in Lower Manhattan. Within moments, ICE agents moved in to arrest some of the bystanders as well, prompting further fury from the gathering crowd. New Yorkers pulled out their cellphones and began recording the ICE operation. Some onlookers shouted at the agents, calling the arrests "disgusting" and demanding they stop as they tackled one individual to the ground. One person scolded the agents, "Does that feel good? I bet your mom and dad are so proud of you ... .You should be ashamed of yourself."
