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Staten Island Protesters Torment Asylum Seekers With Speakers and Flashlights

Anti-immigrant protesters gather outside a former school where asylum seekers are being housed temporarily, in Staten Island, New York, September 28 2023 (Tess Owen for VICE News) Approximately 200 protesters gathered on a tree-lined residential street on Staten Island on Thursday night, many with high-powered flashlights on hand.  They wielded those flashlights like strobes, beaming […]

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This Is Ugly: 10 Staten Island Protestors Arrested After Blocking Bus Containing Migrants

Neighborhood residents, joined by anti-migrant activists, hold a 5th demonstration and rally to protest the city housing migrants at a closed Catholic school, St. John Villa Academy, September 14, 2023, in the Arrochar neighborhood of Staten Island, New York. Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein (Getty Images) On Tuesday night, ten Staten Island protestors channeled their inner Donald […]

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