ICE raid disrupted by crowd of opposition

[EarthFirst]

Rochester, NY -Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity near the George Eastman Museum early Tuesday was met with vocal opposition from activists and community leaders as roofers targeted by officers remained in a standoff.

Officers first stationed near Westminster Road and East Avenue, arresting one person who was completing work on a roof. Two other workers remained on the roof as a crowd of activists, attorneys, clergy, and community members gathered until 11 a.m. to protest the unfolding event.

“There are a lot of people here who care very deeply about what’s happening in our country, and people are just not going to tolerate this,” said Monroe County Legislator Rachel Barnhart, who was in the crowd. “It just so happened that people were able to respond quickly to get here and to make it known that this is not acceptable in our communities.”

“Within an hour, several hundred people, including lawmakers and clergy, showed up to witness and protect our neighbors,” said Michi Wenderlich, Metro Justice campaign and policy coordinator, in a statement. “Rochester shows up to protect each other, and I’m proud of our community.”

https://rochesterbeacon.com/2025/09/09/ice-raid-disrupted-by-crowd-of-opposition/

Proud of our residents and many of the organizing activist groups including Rochester Rapid Response Network and Metro Justice to assemble 200+ folks in such short order to bear witness and force ICE to abandon their fascist tactics!

Say NO to ICE: NOT WELCOME !

[Jim__]

1. Really good news! We need more of this. Resist ICE.

[Initech]

4. Fuck Tom Homan!

That evil fucking asshole needs to spend the rest of his worthless life behind bars!

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Now that's what I call resistance! Nt

[JustAnotherGen]

3. My hometown - sort of

[NBachers]

5. Born in Rochester, grew up in Spencerport, living in San Francisco.

[JustAnotherGen]

16. Moved to Scottsville

When I was 5. Major culture shock leaving base in West Germany living in a tiny village.

AQ grad!

[NBachers]

17. Aquinas!

[SergeStorms]

6. That's one of Rochester's.....

"high-rent" areas. Old money.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Helpful info. Thanks. n/t

[patphil]

8. Send these ICE-holes packing!

[Norbert]

9. Here is a short video

This happened in Rochester today. #iceout #rochester #massachusetts

— butterflygirl24 (@butterflygirl24.bsky.social) 2025-09-09T18:37:03.447Z

[NJCher]

10. ICE got one

The two on the roof, no:

With their vehicle tires slashed and a growing crowd surrounding officers and vehicles, ICE agents left the area without arresting those remaining on the roof.

Wonder how they drove on flat tires?

There is a description in the story of the one I think they got. It sounds like that they might have to let him go. I want to follow this story to find out. Here's the description:

they took one guy who had a permit, he’s been working here for 25 years, he’s got a baby on the way, (and) never had any legal issues whatsoever.”

Twenty-five years working in this country? Not much longer and he could retire.

on edit: added from Norbert's video, above: looks like they took the worker with the permit and the established background as a way to get him to persuade the day workers on the roof to come down.

[bluestarone]

11. THIS could be our answer to ICE

What do you think? Could every state organize something?

[leftstreet]

12. DURec

[NJCher]

14. Infrastructure

I think there’s already an infrastructure being formed to track ICE. It won’t take much for people to network and use this system.

In other words, apps that say where ICE is operating on a particular day.

What I particularly liked about this protest and action is that established churches were involved. Automatically makes ICE the bad guys.

[ShazzieB]

13. Nice work, Rochester!

[70sEraVet]

15. ICE Agents are NOT going up on that roof!

They will have to hire immigrants to go up and get them!

[MaineBlueBear]

18. Proud of the Flower City today!

[c-rational]

19. What I do not understand with the immigration issue is why the Dems do not holler about the

bipartisan Immigration Bill that was shot down by donny 2 scoops during Joe Biden's term. They helped create and nuture this problem for their political benefit.