Press freedom and civil liberties organizations sharply condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday after journalists, including amNewYork's own Dean Moses, were shoved and injured by officers at Manhattan’s immigration court.

ICE officers shoved Moses, this paper's police bureau chief, and an Associated Press freelancer, Olga Fedorova, on Tuesday as they documented the detention of an immigrant near an elevator on the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza. Turkey-based Anadolu Agency photographer L. Vural Elibol was hospitalized with what appeared to be a serious injury after falling during the scuffle.

The National Press Photographers Association called the incident “a blatant attack on press freedom” and demanded accountability.

“ICE must be held accountable for violati

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