«Wilder: It’s all about civics. If you don’t know your rights, they will trample on them. Knowing the law and understanding that they had no right to ask anything of these kids, who are American citizens, and don’t have anything to prove to them. The officers were saying we don’t know if they are American citizens, but I said, it doesn’t matter if they are American citizens or not, they still have constitutional rights, you still violate their 4th, 5th, or 14th amendment rights.
WSR: Did any other adults passing by get involved or take a photo or video of the interaction?
Wilder: That was another thing that was crazy. There were people watching and the agents were telling them to move back, that they would be arrested for interfering, and not to take pictures. The worst thing is that the six or seven people who were watching, followed their orders!
WSR: Did you have any moment of hesitation in terms of pushing back on the agents?
Wilder: No, there was no moment of hesitation. Law school {Wilder says he has a law degree from Grand Canyon University] teaches you what to do in those moments. I knew that they could arrest me, but I knew that they couldn’t keep me.»
A Baseball Coach Says He Fended Off ICE Agents Questioning Kids on the Upper West Side
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