By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Senior NationalCorrespondentAt 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, where despair clings to the walls, federal officers placed handcuffs on the very people chosen to protect justice. Outside, more than seventy New Yorkers lifted their voices, blocking the garage doors as ICE vans prepared to move detainees. “Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here,” they chanted until police dragged them away. “The criminalization, demonization, and state-sponsored violence against immigrants in this country has reached a fever pitch under this administration. All of us, and especially elected leaders, must do more to protect New Yorkers, regardless of when they arrived,” she said.