ICE nabs crew of illegal migrants with disturbing rap sheets in NYC raid

A dramatic ICE raid on unlicensed sidewalk vendors in the Big Apple nabbed a crew of dangerous illegal migrants — including Senegalese outlaws with lengthy rap sheets for drug trafficking, robbery, domestic violence and assaults on cops, the feds said Wednesday.Federal agents descended on the long-troubled Chinatown strip on Canal Street between Lafayette and Centre Streets on Tuesday, rounding up illegal vendors who peddle knockoff designer bags and stolen goods.Nine migrants — the majority of whom were released into the US under the Biden administration — were arrested and taken into custody for deportation, Homeland Security officials said.“ICE conducted a targeted, intelligence-driven enforcement operation on Canal Street in New York City, focused on criminal activity relating to selling counterfeit goods,” Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement Wednesday.“ICE arrested nine illegal aliens with criminal histories including robbery, burglary, domestic violence, assaulting law enforcement, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, drug possession and forgery,” she added.The raid came just hours after conservative social media influencer Savanah Hernandez posted from the unkept block, calling the scene “the craziest thing I’ve ever seen.”The Post has long reported on the illegal vendors, who pack the sidewalks with fake and stolen merchandise, blocking access to legit retailers and leaving trash strewn long the street.“They take over the sidewalk,” one merchant said Wednesday.“People can’t pass.

They don’t care.“We talk to them.

They want to fight,” he added.“It’s usually the new ones.I spoke to one of them.

He said, ‘What’s your problem?’ I don’t fight them.I just leave.”NYPD quality of life cops have repeatedly raided the vendors, only to have them flee and return later.Despite the brazen peddlers who were cuffed being in the country illegally and boasting dist...