Illegal immigrants selling illegal counterfeits were cleared from Canal Street — but to New York City Council Member Justin Brannan , I’m the problem.

Two days before the raid, a video I posted in the area went viral.

Brannan was furious, labeling me a “far-right poverty tourist.”

No, I’m a person who cares about the quality of life in this city.

A brief look into the nine migrants who were arrested on Tuesday will show that these weren’t simply street vendors.

They are in fact tied to crimes such as drug trafficking, robbery, forgery, possession of drugs, burglary, assaulting law enforcement, counterfeiting and domestic violence.

They crowd the sidewalks, ­undercut legitimate business owners and harass tourists and locals.

These aren’t people struggling with poverty, as Brann

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