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NEW JERSEY (WPIX) – A high-speed pursuit involving federal immigration agents ended in a chain-reaction crash Wednesday in Newark, sending several people, including schoolchildren, to the hospital and prompting calls for a state investigation.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents caused the crash by illegally chasing a man through city streets Wednesday morning.

The pursuit ended when vehicles connected to the operation collided with three civilian cars, witnesses and city officials said.

Shamad Davis, who witnessed the incident, said immigration agents began chasing a man driving a work van at high speed before the situation spiraled into a crash.

“He flew up the hill and they started chasing him,” Davis said. “Next thing you know, it was a full collision and all three cars were totaled.”

Three young siblings riding in a Lyft on their way to school were inside one of the vehicles struck during the crash, according to Newark Public Safety officials. Davis said the children appeared shaken and injured after the collision.

“One was hysterical and couldn’t control herself,” he said. “Another complained her head was hurting, and the boy said his ankle was injured.”

Video from the scene showed the children’s mother angrily confronting masked federal agents as emergency crews treated victims nearby. A crowd of residents gathered, shouting at immigration officers as tensions escalated.

Immigrant advocates criticized federal enforcement tactics, arguing civil immigration matters should not involve dangerous vehicle pursuits.

“It’s not up to ICE to be chasing people around,” said Amy Torres, executive director of the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice. “Whether someone has charges or convictions is a matter for the criminal legal system.”

The man targeted by agents was seen being taken to a hospital on a stretcher. It’s unclear what happened following his hospitalization. Authorities said no life-threatening injuries were reported.

Torres noted that a similar immigration-related pursuit earlier this month in Georgia ended in a fatal crash involving a Savannah schoolteacher, raising broader concerns about enforcement practices.

Baraka said the city plans to submit police reports and evidence to the New Jersey attorney general’s office, urging an investigation into what he described as an illegal pursuit.

“We’re going to use the police report and information we have and ask the governor and attorney general to take action and pursue this,” the mayor said.

Hours after the crash, Baraka signed an executive order banning immigration enforcement operations inside Newark city buildings without a judicial warrant. The order also directs city employees to report suspected unauthorized federal enforcement activity.

Nexstar’s WPIX reached out to federal immigration officials who have not publicly commented on the incident as of Wednesday night.

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