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The lawsuit also points the finger directly at groups like Betar and Canary Mission for working with the government to target pro-Palestine organizers.
The Sunday rally called on the mayor to rescind a controversial memo Hell Gate revealed last week.
The council's demand for the administration to rescind the guidance comes after Hell Gate reported on the existence of the memo earlier this week.
The memo offers a broad exception for federal immigration enforcement that wasn't in separate instructions issued last month.
The Adams administration has not said how it plans to respond to the Laken Riley Act, which gives federal authorities the right to detain immigrants accused of crimes like petty theft.
