ICE Agents Accused of Taking Cues From MAGA’s Favorite ‘Journalist’

A man locked up by ICE says agents questioned him about his run-in with MAGA YouTuber Nick Shirley while taking him into custody last month.

The claim appears in a declaration filed in Manhattan federal court by Mamdou Ndoye. Ndoye, from Mali, is one of ten West African immigrants swept up during an ICE raid on the knockoff-goods stalls of Lower Manhattan’s Canal Street in October 2025.

A federal judge had ordered him released in early February, ruling that ICE had “failed to follow its own regulations” during the arrest. A week later, on Feb. 12, Ndoye was summoned to what he understood to be a standard check-in about his GPS ankle monitor—but he was then jailed again.

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