Natalie Migliore, WOR Street Reporter Interview

Mendte In The Morning sent Natalie out on the streets to get New Yorkers opinions on ICE activity in the city. There is a rally happening today going against an alleged plan that the tenth floor of 26 Federal Plaza will be used as an ICE Detention Center. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Now it's seventeen woars Beat on the Street with Natalie Miglioroi.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
So Tom Holm and the Borders are said he was
going to flood the streets of New York to get
those here illegally, especially criminals, off the streets. But it's
been controversial. So how did New Yorkers feel about it? Well,
that's what Natalie Migliori does, she gets the Beat on
the streets.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Natalie, Yeah, good morning, Larry, Happy Friday. And to be
honest with you, there's a lot of talk about ice
happening in New York City and really what's going on there?

Speaker 3 (00:37):
Aroud?

Speaker 1 (00:37):
The outside twenty six Federal Plaza will happen today, as
activists claim the tenth floor of that building is being
used as a covert ice detention center. There's been a
lot of conversation regarding ice activity in New York City,
So it had me asking New Yorkers how they feel
ice is moving through the city. People that are here

(00:59):
to do the right thing, to leave them alone.

Speaker 4 (01:02):
The people that are here to do that are doing crime.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
To people in New York or whatever. The everyone that
should be taken out of here. I'm for arresting the criminals.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Maybe the other people who come in, Okay, but the criminals.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
I got to catch my bus.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
I think it's cruel and inhumane, and how they're cheating
the people.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
It's terrible.

Speaker 4 (01:20):
But you know, I don't really think about it too much.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
I don't know nothing about that.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
I don't know what to say. I got a lot
of other you know, my mom. Okay, that's I'm gon chose.

Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
He does not mince words, Larry, I'll tell you that.
But neither do New Yorkers who feel like ICE is
somewhat justified in their actions, especially as various groups raise
concerns about agents wearing masks, which they say makes it
difficult to identify officers and could empower other people to
impersonate agents.

Speaker 4 (01:52):
The Left is really going at it, and ICE has
left no choice but to operate the way they have.
They don't respect detainers. That when ICE puts detainers out,
and you know it has to.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Be done, asking up all that.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Do you think it's safety for these ICE agents?

Speaker 4 (02:10):
Yeah, their addresses are being put online. You know, their
family is harassed. Of course, it's about safety. I don't
see anybody complaining about Antifa weining masks.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Aggressive of what was happened the last four years.

Speaker 4 (02:22):
That's what it was.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
Aggressive codyl the bs out.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Okay, now it all comes as NBC New York reports,
a baby and Brooklyn is staying with family after his
mother reportedly died and his father, who has been in
the US for twenty years and reportedly had a prior
drug conviction, was detained by Ice. Recently. New Yorker's weighing
in tentatively, though, since we don't know much about the

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developing the situation.

Speaker 4 (02:49):
I think it's okay for the child to stay with
the grandmother here. If it's acceptable to the father and
everyone involved.

Speaker 3 (02:57):
I think that's really sad. If he did, it's time
then he should have a way to be acclimated back
into society that he's not harmful to us or whatever
the case may be. You know, it's a lot of
people here that don't need to be here because they
haven't gotten caught or they're just bile, evil people. So
why one person that did what they needed to do
got corrected for his behavior and then now it's like, oh, okay,

(03:20):
well you can go that way. No, it's not fair.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Well, with the Trump administration ramping up deportation efforts here.
Some New Yorkers feel like there is no question to
how cities like New York got here.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
You brought in people for votes. You're sending them into
shelters that you created in Republican districts. Come on, this
is the game.

Speaker 2 (03:45):
But the trouble is on both sides of the fence.
The same game is that tax dollar.

Speaker 4 (03:49):
The Democratic Socialists of America are behind all of this stuff, Okay,
bringing people from South and Central America to you know,
get more seats and kind stuff. It's not about they
care about these people. They are These people are a
means to an.

Speaker 1 (04:05):
End, and that's how the people feel.

Speaker 3 (04:09):
Harry.

Speaker 1 (04:09):
Once that guy started saying you, I was like, I
didn't do.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
Anything, but you're part of the media. You're part of
the bad people according to yes, according to the narrative.
So yeah, no, I understand that. It is fascinating to me.
You normally get sometimes you don't. It all depends on
what the topic is and where you are, but you

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normally get of the issue on both sides, and it's
given vociferously. Like people are there saying they're evil, the
ice is evil. Others are saying, no, the criminals gotta
get out. It's amazing how you are able to, every
single day in New York City get such a diversity

(04:53):
of opinion. But I guess that's what that's why you
do it, you know, so we can hear exactly what
people have to say every single day, and I thank
you for that. It's really a great segment and an
important segment. Natalie Migliore will be back Monday at eight fifty.
Have a great weekend, Natalie.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Thank you to Larry