Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents descended on Chinatown’s Canal Street Tuesday, going after illegal street vendors — a move that generated backlash from some onlookers.

Video shows agents arresting individuals in Chinatown — an area illegals are known to sell counterfeit items — prompting some New Yorkers to attempt to intervene, protesting the actions of the federal agents. Some vendors — some of whom were asked to prove their legal status — were seen trying to escape the area. WABC reports, “The scene grew chaotic as vendors packed up their tables and attempted to flee, with several people seen running and falling as authorities from multiple agencies, including Homeland Security, ICE, DEA and the FBI, pursued them.”

Footage shows the chaos.

A spokesperson for the De

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