Several hundred people rallied in Foley Square on Saturday against what they called the Trump administration’s “gestapo” tactics targeting New Jersey elected officials who made an unannounced visit to an ICE facility on Friday that ended with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka being arrested, and several Congress members intimidated by armed guards.

The May 10 rally at Foley Square saw many activists, including progressive elected officials in New York City, decried the incident as an attack on democracy and civil rights in America. They also pressed City Hall to take a firmer stand against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and to do more to protect the rights of all New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status.