{"id":80586,"date":"2025-09-19T21:18:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T01:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/neighbors-in-rochester-new-york-confront-ice-and-prevent-arrest-of-2-drug-dealers\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T21:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T01:20:07","slug":"neighbors-in-rochester-new-york-confront-ice-and-prevent-arrest-of-2-drug-dealers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/neighbors-in-rochester-new-york-confront-ice-and-prevent-arrest-of-2-drug-dealers\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbors in Rochester, New York, confront ICE and prevent arrest of 2 drug dealers"},"content":{"rendered":"

What began as a routine raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE, known as “La Migra”) agents ended in a show of neighborhood solidarity that has gone viral across the country.<\/p>\n

Two immigrants working as roofers or rufferos on a Rochester, New York home were caught by ICE agents attempting to detain them in the middle of their workday. The operation was taking place in a residential neighborhood when the workers were on the roof of a house. <\/p>\n

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Rochester residents defend rufferos<\/h2>\n
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Rochester neighbors defend rufferos and prevent ICE from taking them \/ PHOTO: Facebook de Carlos Espina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Upon noticing the situation, neighbors and bystanders began to record videos and demanded that the agents leave.<\/p>\n

In the images, several people can be heard shouting: “Let them work, they are not hurting anyone”.<\/p>\n

Within minutes, the crowd grew.<\/p>\n

Dozens of residents of the area took to the streets to symbolically block the presence of the agents.<\/p>\n

The protest was peaceful, but firm: slogans were chanted in favor of the immigrant workers and respect was demanded for those who, according to the neighbors, are an active and honest part of the community.<\/p>\n

In the face of social pressure and the attention the case was generating on social networks, ICE agents finally withdrew without making arrests.<\/p>\n

The workers were able to descend from the roof without being arrested.<\/p>\n

Rochester neighbors prevent immigration from taking rufferos<\/h2>\n
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A post shared by Carlos Eduardo Espina (@carlos_eduardo_espina)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n