CHINATOWN, Manhattan, (PIX11) -- The Chinatown Business Improvement District says the daytime ICE enforcement action on Canal Street will cause some residents and workers to be more afraid to go outside.

However, Wellington Chen, the executive director of the Chinatown BID, told PIX 11 News that it will also temporarily help business owners who claim they lose money and foot traffic to their stores due to the illegal street vendors that line Canal Street.

Chen said, "There's an effect of illegal vendors staying away for a few days, but unless legislation is changed, they'll be back again, and this is a cat-and-mouse issue."

Edward Cuccia, an immigration attorney in Lower Manhattan for 35 years, told PIX 11 News, "I'm sure it will happen again, you're in immigrant land, you're on Broadwa

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