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ICE dragged a handcuffed man out of a Bushwick ER. His assemblyman, who chairs the Correction Committee, went quiet

ICE pulled a handcuffed man from the ER at Wyckoff Heights in Bushwick. The lawmaker who represents the hospital and chairs Correction stayed silent.

By Bushwick Daily News Desk

May 23, 2026 · 2 min read

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ICE dragged a handcuffed man out of a Bushwick ER. His assemblyman, who chairs the Correction Committee, went quiet

ICE pulled a handcuffed man from the ER at Wyckoff Heights in Bushwick. The lawmaker who represents the hospital and chairs Correction stayed silent.

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ICE dragged a handcuffed man out of a Bushwick ER. His assemblyman, who chairs the Correction Committee, went quiet
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When ICE agents pulled a handcuffed man out of the emergency room at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick, the silence that drew the most attention afterward came from the lawmaker who represents that hospital and chairs the state committee on incarceration. That silence is now a campaign.

The incident was ugly. On May 2, ICE agents dragged Chidozie Wilson Okeke, an undocumented Nigerian immigrant, from the Wyckoff Heights ER onto the pavement…

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