NEW YORK (PIX11) --- Nine men who were arrested in the immigration raids on Canal Street in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday have violent rap sheets, authorities said Wednesday.

The suspects were picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers during a crackdown on street vendors for selling counterfeit goods in Chinatown, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Mamadou Ndoye, Muhammad Ndiaye, Aboubakar Diakite, Sergigne Diop Alioune Sy, Amadou Diallo, Idy Sarr, Bokar Soko, and Modou Mboup have been previously arrested, officials said. Some of the charges include robbery, burglary, domestic violence, assaulting law enforcement, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, drug possession, and forgery, according to the DHS.

The men are from Mali, Senegal, Guinea, and Mauri

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