New York Launches Portal to Report ICE Raids After Feds Arrest Four US Citizens in Chinatown Circus

It’s 2025 and Apparently ICE Still Hasn’t Figured Out What an American Citizen Looks Like

Let’s get one thing straight: ICE invading New York’s Chinatown with more military gear than the National Guard in a zombie movie isn’t “law enforcement.” That’s performance art for the MAGA crowd screaming about “law and order” while ignoring due process, civil rights, and, you know, basic human decency. Last Tuesday, these modern-day Keystone Cops arrested four U.S. citizens in a raid so ham-fisted you’d think it was a cosplay event for failed authoritarian regimes. [source]

The Portal: New Yorkers Take Accountability Into Their Own Hands

Enter Attorney General Letitia James, who basically dropped the mic on government overreach with the Federal Action Reporting Portal. A simple web form, but also a blunt weapon for the people—you can upload photos, videos, hell, probably your regretful MAGA uncle’s rants if he witnessed a raid. The point: when ICE shows up in your neighborhood like a bad sequel to every dystopian flick, there’s now a public record every time the feds mistake tourists and street vendors for cartel bosses. And yes, James makes it clear: “Every New Yorker has the right to live without fear or intimidation.” Preach.

Let’s Review: Four Americans Detained Because “Oops, Our Bad” Is ICE Policy

Four American citizens spent almost a day behind bars after ICE’s Chinatown raid—no charges, no apologies, just bureaucratic “Oopsies” and a quick release when the press started breathing down their necks. Congressman Dan Goldman was crystal clear: “There’s a clear purpose. It is not to take criminals off the street … This is a militarized effort to incite tension.” So, when you hear MAGA shills shout about law and order, know what they actually mean is “show of force” and “manhandling citizens for TV.” [see more]

Performance Policing, Not Public Safety

Riot gear, an armored military vehicle, more than 50 masked feds—do you honestly believe ICE is here for “public safety”? Get real. This was about intimidation and making immigrant families live in constant fear. Letitia James and New York City immigrant advocates called it what it was: “terrorizing immigrant families and communities.” Meanwhile, ICE’s official excuse is always “counterfeit goods,” but you can find more knockoff handbags at a high school prom.

ICE’s Gaslighting and the Actual Numbers

ICE will swear up and down they “do not arrest or detain US citizens.” But reporting by ProPublica shows more than 170 Americans have been snatched up and held just since Trump’s back in the White House. That’s not law enforcement, it’s government-sanctioned kidnapping with a side of bureaucratic malpractice. Try explaining authoritarianism with a red, white, and blue filter, and you get this.

Politicians, Advocates, and Anyone With a Soul Are Outraged

Universal condemnation—mayoral candidates, the governor, rights groups. Leave it to the far-right, democracy-phobic crowd to stay silent, as usual (unless they’re making excuses for J6 traitors or pardoned extremists). And while MAGA keeps barking about “deep state” delusions, actual New Yorkers are protesting, filming, and demanding accountability. Solidarity, not silence.

This Is What Receipts Actually Look Like—Here’s the Evidence

• The Guardian – NY ICE Raid Coverage
• Federal Action Reporting Portal
• ProPublica – Americans Detained by ICE
• ICE Policy on US Citizens (PDF)
• The City – Midtown ICE Raid
• Protests—The Guardian
• DHS Statement (for all the gaslighting)
• Neglect of Pregnant Women—Guardian
• Veterans Protest ICE
• Live Footage on Twitter/X

Related Reads (Fuel for Your Outrage)

• US Veterans Protest ICE Raids
• ICE Accused of Endangering Pregnant Women
• Americans Wrongfully Detained—ProPublica
• ICE Raids NYC Homeless Shelters
• ACLU: ICE Abuses and Detention Issues

Bottom line: The real threat isn’t a fake purse vendor or an undocumented family seeking a future—it’s unchecked authority preying on the American public. “No justice, no peace” isn’t just a chant; it’s a public safety instruction. New York’s watching, reporting, and fighting back. Keep your cameras rolling.