A Customs and Border patrol officer observes the cross of a pastor who stood next to agents and prayed for them.
Federal agents waiting in the elevator at 26 Federal Plaza.
A federal agent enters the hallway at 26 Federal Plaza.
Federal agents line the hallways early on in their operation at 26 Federal Plaza. Scenes of this nature were common at 26 Federal Plaza during the summer of 2025.
A border patrol agent waits outside a waiting room with his face fully covered by his mask.
Two federal agents mingle in the hallways.
Federal agents wait outside of a courtroom in 290 Broadway.
An ICE agent walks the halls of 26 Federal Plaza while on a phone call.
A migrant walks out of his hearing, waiting right outside is an ERO agent.
A federal agent stares down a respondent.
A lawyer exits a waiting room and encounters two masked federal agents waiting outside.
Agents stand idly in the hall as a mother and son walk towards the bathroom. 26 Federal Plaza is often times calm between detainments with many agents just standing around.
A legal observer watches on as a federal agent waits in the hallways of 290 Broadway, a building next to 26 Federal Plaza which also holds immigration courts.
A federal agent reviews a man's immigration documents. This is common practice as agents have the paperwork of their "targets".
A young man is surrounded and questioned by federal agents after his court appointment in 26 Federal Plaza. The agents would let him go.
A federal agent stops a respondent holding his child, the agent would let him go.
A federal agent enters an elevator with a respondent. Agents often employ this tactic to question migrants about their identity/status out of view of the press.
A respondent and legal observer are both pinned to the floor after a scuffle in 26 Federal Plaza.
A respondent is detained along with a legal observer after a scuffle involving federal agents.
federal agents grab and detain man in a frenzied skirmish at 26 Federal Plaza.
A young man is detained in the hallways of 26 Federal plaza with a federal agent following close behind him.
A respondent is detained and escorted out the waiting room by 2 federal agents.
A Customs and Border Patrol officer detains and leads a respondent down the hallway towards the side stairwell.
federal agents escort a young male to a side stairwell; He would be released a few minutes later. Agents would often question or detain migrants in areas like the side stairwells, out of sight of any Cameras.
A respondent is detained by federal officers.
Federal agents detain and escort a respondent down the side stairwell.
A man is grabbed by a federal agent after an argument where the agent accused the man of being in the way of an immigration detainment. The man was let go and would slowly be escorted out by security but not without yelling at the agents and questioning their purpose in the hallways.
A group of detained immigrants are escorted in cuffs through the elevator bank into detention.
A family stops for a photo while waiting for the elevator. They had their court hearing and we're now leaving; many respondents do not.
Congressman Dan Goldman questions federal agents about their identity and which agencies they belong to.
A migrant waits in the empty hallways outside a court room. When ICE leaves for the day, the hallways once again return to a tranquil state.
A woman hugs her family member after his court appointment. She told the press, that she was worried he would be detained by federal immigration agents.
Father Fabian, a strong ally of New York immigrants comforts a woman who just witnessed the father of her daughter detained inside 26 Federal Plaza.
26 Federal Plaza from the outside.
