Overview
- Hands Off NYC’s rally, which drew Morello to 26 Federal Plaza on Tuesday, featured his acoustic performance of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.”
- Morello condemned ICE and the administration, citing his account of a close family friend he said was seized and deported without due process.
- Organizers urged passage of the New York for All Act, saying it would bar local police from helping ICE and pointing to what they describe as a surge in enforcement at the courthouse after Border Czar Tom Homan’s recent “flood the zone” threat.
- Former detainee Allan Dabrio Marrero told the crowd he was moved through five ICE facilities in five months and said he fears for people still in custody.
- Coverage split along familiar lines, with Fox News highlighting conservative backlash to Morello’s set online and outlets like Rolling Stone and amNewYork amplifying activists’ claims of aggressive ICE tactics near the court.