Gwynne Hogan
@gwynnefitz.bsky.social
Reporter covering immigration, homelessness, other stuff, for THE CITY
Tips: ghogan@thecity.nyc or dm me for signal
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Gwynne Hogan
@gwynnefitz.bsky.social
· Jun 11
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Hours after this story went out yesterday, workers outside Delaney Hall enclosed the open air waiting room, giving families a little more protection from the elements during the long wait outside the facility to see loved ones.
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hours after this story went out yesterday, workers outside Delaney Hall enclosed the open air waiting room, giving families a little more protection from the elements during the long wait outside the facility to see loved ones.
“For me, this is a joke. You don’t even treat an animal this way.”
I spoke ppl visiting loved ones detained at Delaney Hall, now the largest ICE detention center in northeast, who often have to wait more than hour outside before they can enter.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/22/d...
I spoke ppl visiting loved ones detained at Delaney Hall, now the largest ICE detention center in northeast, who often have to wait more than hour outside before they can enter.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/22/d...
In Freezing Cold and Long Lines, Families Wait to See Detained Migrants at Delaney Hall
Visitors to the privately-operated immigrant lock-up in Newark fear it’s the last time they may see loved ones inside for a very long time.
www.thecity.nyc
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“For me, this is a joke. You don’t even treat an animal this way.”
I spoke ppl visiting loved ones detained at Delaney Hall, now the largest ICE detention center in northeast, who often have to wait more than hour outside before they can enter.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/22/d...
I spoke ppl visiting loved ones detained at Delaney Hall, now the largest ICE detention center in northeast, who often have to wait more than hour outside before they can enter.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/22/d...
The father and son whose separation at 26 Federal Plaza last month drew widespread outrage have been deported to China.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/19/f...
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Father and Son Separated by ICE Deported Together to China
After his arrest on Nov. 26, Fei Zheng was held at the Orange County Jail upstate. His son was in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
www.thecity.nyc
December 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The father and son whose separation at 26 Federal Plaza last month drew widespread outrage have been deported to China.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/19/f...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/19/f...
In immigration court today DHS lawyers moved to toss peoples' asylum claims en masse, arguing they should seek asylum in countries they may have never set foot in instead.
h/t to @hellgatenyc.com who first reported on the Trump administration's latest tactic.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/18/a...
h/t to @hellgatenyc.com who first reported on the Trump administration's latest tactic.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/18/a...
Trump Administration Moves to Send Asylum Seekers to Uganda, Honduras and Ecuador
Citing agreements with the three countries, Department of Homeland Security attorneys at 26 Federal Plaza are now asserting that immigrants have no right to apply for asylum in the United States.
www.thecity.nyc
December 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
In immigration court today DHS lawyers moved to toss peoples' asylum claims en masse, arguing they should seek asylum in countries they may have never set foot in instead.
h/t to @hellgatenyc.com who first reported on the Trump administration's latest tactic.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/18/a...
h/t to @hellgatenyc.com who first reported on the Trump administration's latest tactic.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/18/a...
Reposted by Gwynne Hogan
NYC shelter staff violated city sanctuary laws at least three times earlier this year -- according to lawyers who reviewed incident reports I obtained.
Staff gave ICE and DHS info about a former resident and let them enter private spaces of shelters, reports show.
gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...
Staff gave ICE and DHS info about a former resident and let them enter private spaces of shelters, reports show.
gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...
ICE enters NYC shelters armed and without judicial warrants, reports show
Here's how 'incident reports' detail interactions between federal immigration enforcement officers and staff at city shelters for immigrants.
gothamist.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NYC shelter staff violated city sanctuary laws at least three times earlier this year -- according to lawyers who reviewed incident reports I obtained.
Staff gave ICE and DHS info about a former resident and let them enter private spaces of shelters, reports show.
gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...
Staff gave ICE and DHS info about a former resident and let them enter private spaces of shelters, reports show.
gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...
The aunt of Adama Bah, a prominent New York immigrant activist and advocate, was freed from ICE detention today.
She'd been grabbed from line to board a plane at LGA airport two days before Thanksgiving.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/a...
She'd been grabbed from line to board a plane at LGA airport two days before Thanksgiving.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/a...
Packed Crowd Cheers as Judge Releases Advocate’s Aunt in High-Stakes Immigration Hearing
Aissatou Diallo, the aunt of Adama Bah, was released Friday after a judge ripped into the Trump administration’s dubious account of her arrest and efforts to deport a woman who’d lived peacefully in A...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The aunt of Adama Bah, a prominent New York immigrant activist and advocate, was freed from ICE detention today.
She'd been grabbed from line to board a plane at LGA airport two days before Thanksgiving.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/a...
She'd been grabbed from line to board a plane at LGA airport two days before Thanksgiving.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/a...
The latest ICE arrest data crunched by data wiz @haidee.bsky.social who found 70% of people arrested by ICE in NYC had no criminal arrests or convictions, a much larger share than the rest of the country.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/i...
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The latest ICE arrest data crunched by data wiz @haidee.bsky.social who found 70% of people arrested by ICE in NYC had no criminal arrests or convictions, a much larger share than the rest of the country.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/05/i...
Reposted by Gwynne Hogan
NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY.
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Feds Bust into Jackson Heights Apartment Building In Pre-Dawn Raid
Dozens of agents wielding assault rifles took two middle-aged, Spanish-speaking people away in cuffs early Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead.
www.thecity.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY.
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Reposted by Gwynne Hogan
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
he father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation
Dozens of masked federal agents were staging inside a parking lot when a spontaneous group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the federal agents to leave the ar...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation
Dozens of masked federal agents were staging inside a parking lot when a spontaneous group of protesters got word of their presence. The NYPD helped clear a path for the federal agents to leave the ar...
www.thecity.nyc
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
NYPD Arrest More Than a Dozen Protesting Homeland Security Agents in Tense Confrontation www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/n...
Around two dozen car/vans have sped out of the garage, with NYPD officers clearing the path. One guys tries to stop them, NYPD officers come chasing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Around two dozen car/vans have sped out of the garage, with NYPD officers clearing the path. One guys tries to stop them, NYPD officers come chasing.
Crowd still gathering, several more NYPD arrests, protesters chant "you don't work for ICE you work for us"
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Crowd still gathering, several more NYPD arrests, protesters chant "you don't work for ICE you work for us"
Feds have retreated into the parking garage, NYPD now warning of arrests.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Feds have retreated into the parking garage, NYPD now warning of arrests.
"all of you are immigrants," one man yells at the agents, he was in SoHo doing some shopping when he heard ICE was here.
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"all of you are immigrants," one man yells at the agents, he was in SoHo doing some shopping when he heard ICE was here.
Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Moments ago, feds shove protesters out of the way as more NYPD officers arrive on scene. reporting for @thecity.nyc
NYPD officers arriving now.
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NYPD officers arriving now.
"I hope you get the worst fucking hemorrhoids and can never sit down," one protester says heckling the masked feds staring down from the parking garage above.
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"I hope you get the worst fucking hemorrhoids and can never sit down," one protester says heckling the masked feds staring down from the parking garage above.
Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happening now near Canal Street, federal agents had been staging inside a fed owned parking garage, now being confronted by a group of protesters. masked agents are looking on from above.
“I considered myself a strong person, a resilient person, but I’ve never gone through something like this... Leave your family out of nowhere, the uncertainty of what’s going to happen to you."
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge
Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“I considered myself a strong person, a resilient person, but I’ve never gone through something like this... Leave your family out of nowhere, the uncertainty of what’s going to happen to you."
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
The NYPD is confirming its involvement in an FBI probe targeting volunteer immigration court observers, saying it was part of a “broader counterterrorism investigation" into "a range of possible criminal activities.”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
NYPD Confirms Involvement in FBI Probe Targeting Volunteer Observers in Immigration Court
An FBI document referred to activists at immigration courts as “anarchist violent extremist actors” and cited a "sensitive source with excellent access” to an encrypted chat.
www.thecity.nyc
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The NYPD is confirming its involvement in an FBI probe targeting volunteer immigration court observers, saying it was part of a “broader counterterrorism investigation" into "a range of possible criminal activities.”
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
Reposted by Gwynne Hogan
While state officials were courting a talented cannabis grower to join the legal market, her uncle was a former top DEA official who threatened her for growing plants at home. Then police and firefighters swarmed her house in a raid that would shatter her family.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
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The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent
Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.
www.thecity.nyc
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
While state officials were courting a talented cannabis grower to join the legal market, her uncle was a former top DEA official who threatened her for growing plants at home. Then police and firefighters swarmed her house in a raid that would shatter her family.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...