ICE has violently shoved journalists at the Federal Plaza immigration court in New York, causing one to be admitted to the hospital for head trauma. At the Broadview facility, a CBS reporter says her vehicle was targeted with a pepper ball, during a time that protesters were not even present. During the protests, a journalist was arrested. Mario Guevara, an Atlanta-based journalist who was arrested filming a protest in June, is facing deportation as soon as today. Reporters have repeatedly filmed themselves and each other being hit by less lethal rounds.
Chicago Headline Club has spoken out against ICE’s attacks on journalists. The Society for Professional Journalists has condemned ICE’s attacks on journalists. In June, Los Angeles Press Club, First Amendment Coalition, and Freedom of the Press Foundation wrote a joint letter doing the same.
Yet every time DHS is asked about it, they say they aren’t doing anything wrong, even as lawsuits are filed.
A Texas based freelance documentary photographer has sent me some of his photos from Broadview on 9/26 to publish here. He carries two cameras and is clearly not a protester.
Tomorrow at 9 am, Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh will be holding a press conference at the facility. This morning, a veterans group will have a presser condemning the treatment of Dana Briggs, the 70 year old veteran who was pushed to the ground and arrested, and the actions of ICE.
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