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Police charged several protestors who attempted to interfere with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in New York City by hurling objects at vehicles and screaming obscenities at authorities.

The New York Police Department confirmed that it has charged 18 protestors that it had taken into custody, CBS News reported.

On Saturday, the protestors attempted to stop ICE agents from leaving a parking garage near Centre and Howard Streets in lower Manhattan. The demonstrators were reportedly trying to stop immigration enforcement operations on Canal Street.

At one point, at least 100 protestors used their bodies to create a human barrier outside of the parking garage, according to CBS.

ICE Public Affairs Assistant Director Emily Covington told The Christian Po

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