00:00An immigration enforcement sweep, targeting vendors on New York City's Canal Street,
00:05turned chaotic Tuesday afternoon as bystanders and protesters confronted federal agents.
00:11The protesters peacefully demonstrated their opposition to aggressive police action disguised
00:17as an operation against sellers of counterfeit goods.
00:21Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Border Patrol and other federal agencies
00:28threatened protesters with paper spray before detaining several of them.
00:33Federal agents armed with combat guards and long guns also arrived in a military tactical vehicle
00:39known as a Bearcat and made further arrests.
00:43The raid joins the list of operations triggered by the Trump administration's anti-immigrant campaign
00:48and the persecution of these communities across the country.
00:58The U.S. Department of Defense
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