ICE faces lawsuit in New York accusing officers of racial profiling

Published April 9, 2026 12:40pm ET



Several Hispanics and progressive organizations in New York filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday against the Trump administration over allegations that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is illegally targeting people for arrest due to their race.

“Across the state, roving bands of masked and heavily-armed federal agents, both on foot and in unmarked cars, are indiscriminately stopping and arresting thousands of Black and Brown people, the vast majority of whom are Latino, based solely on their perceived race and ethnicity,” the New York lawsuit reads. “The Constitution forbids this type of stereotyping: ‘even noncitizens must be treated equally as individuals, and not as members of racial, ethnic, or religious groups.’”

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