On August 2, around 1:50 p.m., a man was detained inside the emergency room at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, located at 83 Gold Street, by masked ICE agents. A witness said she tried to learn the man's name and photograph the scene, but agents told her he was in quarantine and threatened to charge her after she took photos. A DHS vehicle pulled into the emergency bay while protesters gathered outside and later confronted the vehicle; hospital security called police on journalists outside, though officers said they had no legal grounds to remove them. Activists said the detained man was taken out through another exit as the incident unfolded amid a broader increase in ICE operations across New York City and Long Island in late July, following statements from border security official Tom Homan about stepped-up enforcement in the region.