EXCLUSIVE: ICE agents try to raid Brooklyn homeless shelter without warrants, sources say

By MICHAEL GARTLAND
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
AUG 07, 2019 | 10:00 PM

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tried to enter a Brooklyn homeless shelter Tuesday night but were turned away after failing to produce a warrant, said Christine Quinn, the shelter network’s director.

The agents came to the East New York WIN shelter around 10 p.m. and showed guards a photo of someone they were seeking to detain, she said.

The ICE agents said they had a warrant. When asked to display it, they balked, and WIN guards denied them entry.

“They showed nothing except for a picture of an individual,” Quinn said. “The guards kept saying, ‘Show us a warrant signed by a judge.’ They wouldn’t show a warrant.”

ICE spokeswoman Rachael Yong Yow denied that ICE sent an enforcement team to the shelter.

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