ICE Fuera de NYC

• Prize
  Curator Selection
• Photographer
  Ike Wood, United States
• Category
  Americas
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  https://ikewood.myportfolio.com/
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  @ikewoood

Ike Wood, Cinematography, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.

On January 20, 2025, the 47th President of The United States of America, Donald Trump, was inaugurated into his second term in the Oval Office. After a historically tumultuous campaign, Trump assumed his position of power with a heavy fist. In his first 48 hours commanding the White House, he hastily signed an executive order invoking the National Emergencies Act of 1976. Using this declaration, he enacted a flurry of anti-immigrant policies which had immediate ramifications on documented and undocumented immigrant families and citizens. During these unprecedented times, protests have erupted across the country in an effort to mobilize against the federally funded program Immigration, Customs, Enforcement (ICE); increasingly, Americans across the country have taken to the streets in an attempt to punch back at this administration for the crack down on deportations, especially unlawful deportations such as Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was sent to an El Salvadorian prison, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), where he and several other criminally-clear Americans experienced torturous environments due to "administrative errors" according to ICE. This photo story highlights the turmoil on the streets of New York City as this crisis continues to escalate and ICE kidnaps more individuals from our community.