ICE arrests ramp up in NYC immigration court as AG Letitia James fights to stop indefinite detentions

ICE arrests ramp up in NYC immigration court as AG Letitia James fights to stop indefinite detentions

ICE ramped up its arrests at Lower Manhattan immigration court on Sept. 3 as New York Attorney General Letitia James stepped up her battle with the Trump administration seeking to stop the Department of Homeland Security from indefinitely detaining immigrants. Almost like a conveyor belt, the ICE agents took one person after another into custody on Wednesday at 26 Federal Plaza. One woman was grabbed by the wrist and pulled away while a man was …

New York Attorney General Letitia James Challenges ICE Courthouse Arrests

New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken action against the practice of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carrying out arrests inside federal immigration courthouses. In an amicus brief filed in African Communities Together v. Lyons, Attorney General James asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to block recent federal policies that authorize widespread courthouse arrests and permit the abrupt di…