wx2026-0515 POSTSHOW ICE-Out-Tape.mxf-podcast

This Democracy Now! episode documents a powerful protest at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, a federal building housing ICE offices, immigration courts, and detention facilities. Organized by Hands Off NYC, Make the Road New York, and the New York Immigration Coalition, the rally condemned the Trump administration’s intensified immigration enforcement, particularly the threat by border czar Tom Holman to flood New York with ICE agents if the Local Cops Local Crimes Act passes. The protest highlighted the ongoing trauma faced by immigrant communities, with personal testimony from Alan Michael Marrero, a Cayman Islands native detained during a green card interview and held in five different detention facilities across the U.S. under harsh conditions. The event concluded with a stirring performance by activist musician Tom Morello, who delivered a fiery speech equating current ICE tactics to fascism and called for collective resistance, closing with a rousing rendition of 'This Land Is Your Land.'