Tuesday, September 26, 2017

31 Immigrants Arrested by ICE Agents at Court Since February, Officials Say


 

NEW YORK CITY — Federal immigration agents have arrested at least 31 people inside courthouses across the city since February, official court statistics show.

Officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have shown up at city courts at least 53 times over the same period, but not always taken someone into custody, according to data collected by the state Office of Court Administration.

However, advocates with the Immigrant Defense Project put the number of arrests from Jan. 1 to Sept. 18 at 40, taking into account arrests or visits that occur just outside the courthouse that are not counted by court officials — including the detention of four men who showed up to face misdemeanor trespassing charges on Sept. 14.

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Source: dnainfo.com (via The Empire Report) 

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