An illegal immigrant allegedly selling counterfeit merchandise on Canal Street in Chinatown was arrested by ICE Saturday — and the agency later blasted the NYPD for repeatedly releasing the man from custody amid its revolving door criminal justice system.
Abdou Tall, who is from Senegal, was arrested at Broadway and Canal Street in lower Manhattan around noon during a “targeted operation,” an ICE spokesperson said in a statement.
Tall has been arrested multiple times for allegedly trafficking counterfeit merchandise, the spokesperson said.
“Tall fled from law enforcement on foot for several blocks before he tripped and fell and then continued to actively resist arrest,” the spokesperson said. “Our officers followed their training and successfully arrested him.”
But one day after a White House meeting between Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump — during which the two appeared to be bosom buddies — the agency slammed the NYPD for not honoring an ICE detainer when Tall was busted on Oct. 7 for felony trademark counterfeiting.
“But instead of turning him over to ICE custody, they released this criminal illegal alien back into the community where he immediately resumed his criminal activity leading to a second NYPD arrest for felony trademark counterfeiting on Oct. 11,” the ICE spokesperson said. “This time he was released by NYPD before ICE could even lodge a detainer.”
