Staten Island Residents Arrested During Protest Against Migrant Shelter Take Legal Action Against New York City
Like other Democratic-led sanctuary cities, New York has been crushed by a surge of migrants — more than 142,000 have come seeking asylum.
Seven Staten Island residents who attended a protest against a migrant shelter are taking legal action against New York City, claiming they were “wrongfully arrested” in violation of their First Amendment rights.
The September incident took place during a protest against a migrant shelter at a former senior living center and followed similar Staten Island protests, which were then dubbed by the New York Times as the “front line of the fight” over how to handle the city’s migrant crisis.
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