Skip to main contentHoboken, NJTribeca-FiDi, NYSoHo-Little Italy, NYWest Village, NYChelsea, NYSecaucus, NJGramercy-Murray Hill, NYBrooklyn Heights-DUMBO, NYLower East Side-Chinatown, NYEast Village, NYNew JerseyTop National NewsSee All CommunitiesHUDSON COUNTY, NJ — At least one Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, and a suspect he was pursuing, were hit by a car in Jersey City on Wednesday, officials said.Laura Bustamante, the chief of staff to Mayor James Solomon, told Patch late on Thursday, "Yesterday, ICE agents pursuing an individual on foot in Jersey City were involved in a hit-and-run in which both an agent and the person being chased were struck by a vehicle and sustained minor injuries." A local non-profit that chronicles ICE arrests in Hudson County reported that ICE agents and a person they were pursuing had come into the Emergency Room of Jersey City Medical Center on Wednesday. The post said that the pursued man had been struck by a car.Find out what's happening in Jersey Cityfor free with the latest updates from Patch.Patch has reached out to ICE for more details and will update this story when they're received. Bustamante stressed that local police were not involved in the pursuit or arrest on Wednesday.Find out what's happening in Jersey Cityfor free with the latest updates from Patch. "The Jersey City Police Department responded only to complete the accident report," she said. "Our officers provided no assistance to ICE with this arrest or detention because operations like this by ICE this put residents and bystanders at risk and create far more problems in our city than they solve." Solomon and other local officials have been critical of ICE enforcement in Hudson County this year.Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.