On Oct. 23, CBP officers working at the Laredo Bridge 2 Port of Entry stopped two southbound vehicles towing box trailers for inspection.

Agents said they noticed irregularities in the trailer walls.

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Over 400 firearms were found in two hidden compartments in trailers, officials said. (HSI Laredo )

A secondary inspection revealed false compartments packed with an arsenal: roughly 400 firearms of various calibers, high-capacity magazines, and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

HSI officials said the guns were headed into Mexico, where cartels fuel ongoing violence.

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Photos shared to Fox News by HSI Laredo show firearms carefully packed in the sides of a trailer. (HSI Laredo)

The drivers were identified as Emilio Ramirez-Cortez, a lawful permanent resident, and his son Edgar Ramirez-Diaz, a U.S. citizen. Both were arrested on charges of federal firearms smuggling and turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service pending an initial court appearance.

In this photo provided by HSI Laredo, firearms are packed into the walls of a trailer headed for Mexico. (HSI Laredo )

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ICE said the investigation is ongoing and that additional charges or suspects may be identified later on.

ICE did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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The letter, addressed to Gov. Gavin Newsom; state Attorney General Rob Bonta; Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, stressed that federal agents and officers are carrying out lawful duties, and any interference by state or local officials is both “illegal and futile.”

The letter was sent after Pelosi, the former House Speaker, and Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-Calif., issued a statement Wednesday threatening to arrest federal agents if they break California law.

If convicted, the Democrats noted, President Donald Trump cannot pardon agents.

The DOJ warned former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., against prosecuting federal agents enforcing immigration law. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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“Reports of a planned mass immigration raid in the Bay Area are an appalling abuse of law enforcement power,” Pelosi and Mullin wrote in the statement. “While the President may enjoy absolute immunity courtesy of his rogue Supreme Court, those who operate under his orders do not. … The people of San Francisco will continue to stand with the patriotic immigrants who are the constant reinvigoration of America.”

Blanche shared his response in an X post, writing, “We just sent them a letter: Stand down or face prosecution. No one threatens our agents. No one will stop us from Making America Safe Again.”

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The letter cites several federal statutes that criminalize assaulting, impeding or conspiring against federal officers, and notes the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution dictates state officials cannot prosecute federal agents for actions taken in the course of their duties.

Blanche directed California leaders to “preserve all written and electronic communications and records related to any attempts or efforts to impede or obstruct federal law enforcement officials,” forewarning that the Department of Justice will investigate and prosecute any official who violates federal statutes.

Federal agents walk outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles Aug. 14. (Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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“We urge you and other California officials to publicly abandon this apparent criminal conspiracy, to stop threatening law enforcement, and to prioritize the safety of your citizens,” Blanche wrote.

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Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital that during a targeted enforcement stop on Tuesday, 44-year-old Mexican illegal immigrant Carlitos Ricardo Parias “weaponized his vehicle and began ramming the law enforcement vehicle in an attempt to flee.”

“Fearing for the safety of the public and law enforcement,” McLaughlin said, “Our officers followed their training and fired defensive shots.”

Parias was shot in the elbow, and a U.S. Marshals Service officer was hit in the hand by a ricochet bullet. She said that both were stable and were transported to the nearest hospital to undergo non-life-threatening surgery.

ICE OFFICERS IN ILLINOIS TARGETED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO USED ‘VEHICLES AS WEAPONS,’ OFFICIALS SAY

A view near where a U.S. Marshal and an illegal alien were shot Tuesday in Los Angeles.  (KTTV)

Los Angeles local outlet ABC 7 reported that Parias is a well-known TikTok influencer who regularly follows ICE agents and goes by the moniker “Richard LA.” The outlet also reported that crowds gathered outside the hospital to protest the arrest as well as ICE.

According to McLaughlin, officers had previously encountered Parias, but he had escaped arrest. She said that he entered the country illegally at an unknown date and location and that he has a history of driving without a license, failing to prove financial responsibility, vehicle code violations and resisting arrest.

Now, DHS is pursuing criminal charges against Parias for assaulting, resisting or impeding federal law enforcement.

McLaughlin said that “these are the consequences of conduct and rhetoric by sanctuary politicians and activists who urge illegal aliens to resist arrest.”

“We are once again calling on sanctuary politicians, agitators, and the media to turn the temperature down and stop calling for violence and resistance against ICE law enforcement,” said McLaughlin.

She called out several Democrats who she said have held webinars to provide “resources and tips for how to openly defy ICE.” McLaughlin said that Democrats who have emboldened illegals to attempt to evade ICE include Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom.

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A spokesperson for California Gov. Gavin Newsom shot back that it is “the federal government is unnecessarily endangering our law enforcement officers, who, even in this chaos, are trying to do their jobs lawfully and serve their communities.” (Mario Tama)

In response, a spokesperson for Newsom told Fox News Digital that “President Trump and [White House Homeland Security Advisor] Stephen Miller are trying to orchestrate the largest deportation effort in history, disregarding due process and even the safety of U.S. citizens and law enforcement.”

“These aggressive arrests are a PR campaign, using fear and force. They want to manufacture chaos, then blame others,” the spokesperson said, adding, “Trump is forcing the federal government to indiscriminately arrest U.S. citizens through racial profiling, vehicle ramming, and forced entry, then broadcasting these interactions online.”

The spokesperson flipped the script on the Trump administration, saying, “The federal government is unnecessarily endangering our law enforcement officers, who, even in this chaos, are trying to do their jobs lawfully and serve their communities. They are creating fear among hardworking families –our neighbors, colleagues,and friends – who now have a target on their backs because of this administration.”

“Immigration law can be enforced without a message ofterror,” the Newsom spokesperson said.

Fox News Digital also reached out to the offices of Ocasio-Cortez and Bass but did not immediately receive a response.

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Commander of Operation At Large CA, center, marches with federal agents to the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building after U.S. Border Patrol agents staged a show of force outside the Japanese American National Museum, where Gov. Gavin Newsom held a redistricting press conference in Los Angeles, California, on August 14. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson also weighed in, telling Fox News Digital that “ICE Officers are facing a 1000% increase in assaults because of unhinged rhetoric from activists and Democrat politicians smearing heroic ICE officers.”

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“Anyone who assaults or otherwise harms law enforcement officers will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” said Jackson, adding, “Democrats must stop siding with illegal aliens over American law enforcement.”

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One of the criminal illegal immigrants, Aldrin Guerrero-Munoz, has been incarcerated on the taxpayer’s dime since 2004 with a 32-year prison sentence for the intentional murderofhis 3-month-old son.

While incarcerated, Guerrero-Munoz was convicted of assaulting a fellow inmateat Stillwater Prison, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ICE lodged a detainer and received custody of him Monday.

Aldrin Guerrero-Munoz was convicted of killing his 3-month-old son. (DHS)

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“Sanctuary politicians like [Minneapolis] Mayor Jacob Fray, who are refusing to work with ICE, are allowing criminals like Aldrin Guerrero-Munoz to live in our communities, unchecked,” Noem wrote in a statement. “Under the leadership of President [Donald] Trump, ICE is no longer allowing the guise of moral superiority and political correctness to supersede the safety and security of Americans.”

Noem said 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal immigrants convicted or charged with a crime in the U.S.

“This statistic doesn’t even include foreign fugitives, illegal aliens convicted of crimes in other countries, gang members and suspected terrorists,” she added.

Other criminal illegal immigrants arrested in the area include:

Francisco Javier Garcia-Olivar, a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico, has multiple convictions, including sexual assault and sodomy of a child, attempted sexual assault of a child and sexual assault. (DHS)

Francisco Javier Garcia-Olivar

Francisco Javier Garcia-Olivar of Mexico has multiple convictions,including sexual assaultand sodomyof a child, attemptedsexual assault of a childand sexual assault, according to DHS.

Jose Ruben Gomez Munoz, a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico, was convicted of sexual assault. (DHS)

Jose Ruben Gomez Munoz

Jose Ruben Gomez Munoz of Mexico was convicted of sexual assault, according to DHS.

He was also charged with incest with a minor.

Humberto Us-Juarez, a criminal illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was convicted of molestation of a minor and aggravated felony sexual assault.  (DHS)

Humberto Us-Juarez

Humberto Us-Juarez of Guatemala was convicted of molestation of a minorand aggravated felony sex assault, according to DHS.

Jose Israel Hernandez Rivas, a criminal illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was convicted of human slavery or trafficking and commercial sex.  (DHS)

Jose Israel Hernandez Rivas

Jose Israel Hernandez Rivas of El Salvador was convicted of human slavery or trafficking and commercial sex, according to DHS.

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Manuel Betancourt-Renteria, a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico, has nearly a dozen convictions. (DHS)

Manuel Betancourt-Renteria

Manuel Betancourt-Renteria of Mexico has 10 convictions, including two counts of assault, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, larceny and five traffic offenses,according to DHS.

He was also charged with driving under the influence of drugsand possession of methamphetamine.

Nicolas Lopez Juarez, a criminal illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was convicted of aggravated assault with a weapon, three counts of driving under the influence and obstructing police.  (DHS)

Nicolas Lopez Juarez

Nicolas Lopez Juarez of Guatemala was convicted of aggravatedassault with a weapon, three counts ofdriving under the influence and obstructing police, according to DHS.

Juan Alejo-Alejo, a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico, was convicted of homicide by reckless driving and driving under the influence. (DHS)

Juan Alejo-Alejo

Juan Alejo-Alejo of Mexico was convicted of homicide by reckless drivingand driving under the influence, according to DHS.

He was also charged with driving under the influence in a separate incident.

Officials confirmed Alejo-Alejo was previously deported before reentering the U.S.

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David Antonio Gonzalez Rivas, a criminal illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was convicted of drug possession and fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle to avoid prosecution on two separate occasions. (DHS)

David Antonio Gonzalez Rivas

David Antonio Gonzalez Rivas of El Salvador was convicted of drug possession and fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicleto avoid prosecution on two separate occasions, according to DHS.

Rivas was arrested 14 additional times for crimes including felony assault, receiving stolen propertyand obstructing police, officials said.

Pedro Cortez Soriano, a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico, was convicted of criminal vehicular homicide and driving under the influence. (DHS)

Pedro Cortez Soriano

Pedro Cortez Soriano of Mexico was convicted of criminal vehicular homicide, driving under the influence, probation violation, illegal reentry and arrested for driving under the influence, according to DHS.

He was previously deported twice with a final order of removal from 2004, officials said.

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In recent years, we have seen growing agreement among lawmakers that the CCP is actively working against the security of the U.S. Whether through coercive trade practices, espionage, military aggression or technology theft, the CCP is intent on undermining American strength.

President Donald Trump has rightly identified our nation’s increased dependence on Chinese companies as a clear threat to national security. In response, he has taken action to rebuild our domestic industrial manufacturing bases. This is especially true in critical security industries like defense, nuclear development, pharmaceutical manufacturing and data center infrastructure.

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during his joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary, May 9, 2024. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

The Trump administration should now look at medical devices.This lesser-known threat to American privacy and security lurks within our hospitals, healthcare facilities and even in the homes of everyday Americans. Used to treat patients, monitor patient health and inform medical decisions made by healthcare professionals, medical devices are critical tools used in the everyday care of our most vulnerable members of society.

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It is no wonder, then, that medical devices made by Chinese companies not only have the potential to take advantage of that intimate access, but have already been shown to exploit those vulnerabilities to gain access to the personal, private data of American patients.

Just this month, it was reported that medical hardware from Shanghai-based United Imaging has been installed in some of the country’s top research labs. In some instances, these labs were even funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Not only has a United Imaging devicebeen usedat a Chinese military hospital, but United Imaging has alsoworked withthe state-runChinese Academy of Sciences. Andaccording to the FBI, the companywas allegedto have bribedemployees working at an NIH-funded lab to back-channel non-public information about their research. One researcher, a Chinese citizen, pleaded guilty to making false statements in financial disclosure forms to the NIH.

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Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about a patient monitor made by Chinese-based company Contec, specifically calling attention to a software backdoor on the device that once connected to the internet “begins gathering patient data, including personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI), and exfiltrating (withdrawing) the data outside of the health care delivery environment.”

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) followed up with its own report, saying that the backdoor enabled remote actors to engage in “remote code execution and device modification with the ability to alter its configuration.”

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Far from being an idle threat, CISA explained that this vulnerability in a machine that monitors and displays critical information like electrocardiograms and blood pressure could result in life-or-death consequences: “This introduces risk to patient safety as a malfunctioning monitor could lead to improper responses to vital signs displayed by the device.”

Medical devices made by Chinese companies have quietly made their way into many hospitals and clinics in the United States, bringing with them hidden risks that are waiting to be abused by the CCP.

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First, patient privacy is compromised when unknown actors can access and siphon the most sensitive and confidential data from every patient in America, undermining the very foundation of trust in our healthcare system.

Compounded with the fact that Chinese law compels Chinese companies to cooperate and share information with the CCP and that China prizes big data and is gathering information on individuals around the world, we can be assured that whatever private information is gathered on American patients is not in our national interest.

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Second, we cannot trust that information siphoning will not escalate to more serious tactics that put patient lives at risk. Remote access to medical devices could result in real-world harm to patients if those devices were reconfigured to display false information that then led to unnecessary and harmful medical interventions.

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Third, the U.S. healthcare system is becoming too dependent on Chinese companies to run our hospitals. It does not take much of a leap to think about what would happen if the CCP decided to cut off the supply of medical devices. Just like critical minerals, energy or military equipment, depending on Chinese companies for medical devices is a clear threat to American security.

What these threats amount to is that the U.S. can no longer blindly outsource medical devices – some of our most vital and sensitive equipment – to companies that operate at the behest of foreign adversarial governments like the CCP. It is critical that America has a domestic supply chain of medical devices.

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Now is the time that lawmakers, both at the federal and state level, take this threat seriously and take meaningful steps to reduce the risks posed by these medical devices.

Protecting Americans from threats to their health and security should be an easy, bipartisan win.

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Now the Department ofHomeland Security is using “smart walls” that combinehigh-tech with good old-fashioned tall, strong barriers to prevent illegal entry. The idea is not new, even if the technology is.

The ancient Romanshad an early version ofsmart walls. AtHadrian’s Wall in what is now northern England, the Roman Empire established a wall to mark their northern frontier, punctuated by forts. Vindolandais the best preserved large fort, with the layout still visible in stone foundations and a wealth of archeological finds tohelp us guess what every building was.

Under President Donald Trump, encounters of illegal aliens at the border between ports of entry are about a tenth of what they were in the peak Biden months. (Getty Images)

Starting in the 1970s, archeologists found remarkably well-preserved personal items, due to the ideal conditions of the surrounding soil. There were not just durable coins, metal, glass and stone, but even leather shoes and clothes, as well as a trove of letters writtenonthin wood that departing troopshad failed to burn. We know a lot abouthow they lived and worked, communicated, and ran their army.

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A “dumb wall” would be just putting up a barrier andhoping noone could get over, under or around it. The Romans didn’t relyonthat. First, though their wall was easy to cross, it created a visible frontier that any northern tribes would be aware of and thus know they were crossing without permission into Roman territory. The occasionalheadona spike, evidence of which was found at Vindolanda, was a primitive warning to the illiterate tribes to the north that maybe proceeding further was a bad idea. That’s what today we’d call psychological operations, or “psy-ops.”

Second, like the U.S. southern border barrier system, the Roman wall in northern Britain alsohad early models of signals intelligence to better direct resources to areas under threat. Vindolanda was manned by a cohort, about 500 men or a tenth of a legion. The men wentonregular foot andhorseback patrol. They were ready to move to wherever a threat presented, warned either byhorse-borne messengers or by signal fires lit athigh points along the frontier. They received regular correspondence from the other forts, and occasionally from Rome itself, to keep them informed.

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Two thousand years later, the modern U.S. Border Patrolhas more men than the Romans did in Britain, but they are still few compared to the land they cover. The Border Patrol is getting some much-needed new manpower and resources, after years of neglect under Biden and former Secretary ofHomeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who diverted staff off the line to processing and releasing illegal aliens into the country.

But even with the significant boost they are getting in theOne Big Beautiful Bill Act, they will still be thinly spread along 1,800 miles of southern border and nearly 5,000 in the north. That’s why, like Roman signal fires and messengers,high-tech cameras, sensors, drones and lightsonthe wall or around the border area can allhelp detect illegal crossings early, so that the Patrol can send vehicles and officers quickly to intercept them.

Under Biden, illegal aliens were so confident of being released that they gladly surrendered to any American in uniform. Millions were released over Biden’s four years. Under President Donald Trump,however, thingshave completely changed.Encountersof illegal aliens at the border between ports of entry are about a tenth of what they were in the peak Biden months.

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And unlike the Biden years, almost none are being released into the interior to await years of the immigration process. Instead, as the law requires, they are mostly being detained throughout any applicable immigration process until the U.S.has determined whether theyhave a right to remain. This fact alonehas discouraged many from even attempting to come illegally.

DHSrecently announced the award of $4.5 billion in contracts for 230 miles of various types of barriers along the border with Mexico. This includes 80 miles of the barriers in the middle of the Rio Grande along the Texas border, which may include the effective spinning orange buoys that the state installed in the face of Biden administration opposition as part of Operation Lone Star in 2023.

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TheDHS”smart wall” means not just 30-foot steel bollard walls, but better roads for Border Patrol vehicles to respond to incursions, as well as lights, cameras and sensors.Smart Wallswill be built or enhanced in El Paso and Del Rio in Texas, San Diego and El Centro in California, and in Tucson and Yuma, Arizona – site of the Morelos Gap, where I sawhundreds of illegals cross inone night in 2023.

The Roman Empire knew that walls worked. If well-manned and supported, they could create a stable frontier with limited access according to rules they set. In Trump’s second term, the United States is implementing the same, proven tactics to limit illegal entry to the United States, thus reducing drug smuggling,human trafficking and other crime.

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Four protesters were also taken into custody for allegedly blocking ICE officers and throwing objects at them.

Officials said the migrants are from Senegal, Mali and Guinea and were busted for allegedly selling counterfeit items in the area.

ICE said the protesters who were detained have criminal backgrounds.

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A protestor is arrested by federal agents as law enforcement conduct a raid on street vendors during rush hour on Oct. 21, 2025, in New York City. (Michael Nigro/Sipa USA via AP Images)

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News that ICE and federal partners conducted a “targeted, intelligence-driven enforcement operation” on Canal Street focused oncriminal activity related to the sale of alleged counterfeit goods.

“During this law enforcement operation,rioters who wereshouting obscenities, became violent and obstructed law enforcement duties,including blockingvehicles and assaulting law enforcement,”McLaughlin wrote in a statement. “Already,onerioterhas been arrested for assault on a federal officer.”

Federal agents conduct an immigration sweep on Canal Street in Chinatown as protesters gather on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in New York.  (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)

During a news conference Tuesday night, Murad Awawdeh, vice president of advocacy at the New York Immigration Coalition, said between 15 and 40 vendors were arrested and at least two locals were taken into custody for protesting and blocking their arrest efforts.

City officials quickly moved to distance themselves from the raid.

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Federal agents conduct an immigration sweep on Canal Street in Chinatown on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)

Mayor Eric Adams’ press secretary, Kayla Mamelak Altus, told Fox News that New York City “never cooperates with federal law enforcement on civil deportation matters, in accordance with local laws” and had “no involvement in this matter.”

“Mayor Adams has been clear that undocumented New Yorkers trying to pursue the American Dream should not be the target of law enforcement, and resources should instead be focused on violent criminals,” she said.

Protesters confront federal agents as they walk down Lafayette Street after an immigration sweep on Canal Street through Chinatown, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in New York City.  (Jake Offenhartz/AP)

Democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani weighed in on X, calling the Manhattan raid “aggressive and reckless.”

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“Federal agents from ICE and HSI — some in military fatigues and masks — descended on Chinatown today in an aggressive and reckless raid on immigrant street vendors,” Mamdani wrote in a post. “Once again, the Trump administration chooses authoritarian theatrics that create fear, not safety. It must stop.”

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner and Fox News’ CB Cotton contributed to this report.

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