Sanctuary city officials in upstate New York held a press conference on Wednesday where they blasted members of their own police force for coming to the aid of Border Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents who stopped a van carrying up to eight occupants.
Officers with the Rochester Police Department (RPD) were called to the scene on Monday by the federal agencies to respond on an emergency basis. While responding, RPD ordered the suspects out of the vehicle and helped put them in handcuffs, police said.