MANHATTAN — A surge of public lewdness arrests inside a Penn Station bathroom by Amtrak Police has rattled the LGBTQ community and landed at least one person in ICE custody, THE CITY has learned.

The surge in arrests by the Amtrak Police, a national police force not bound by city sanctuary protections, kicked off in June, targeting a Penn Station bathroom listed on Sniffies, a popular cruising website and app for gay hookups.

Among those arrested was David, a 31-year-old health care worker, who says he was just trying to use the bathroom on his way back from visiting a friend in New Jersey when he felt he was being watched by a man nearby. David, who is gay, was wearing a rainbow Pride wristband as he says he was trying to pee when he was arrested.

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