The extraordinary revelation by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton’s office came in a lawsuit brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union and various civil rights groups and community organizations, which challenges federal immigration authorities’ practice of targeting people for deportation at the lower Manhattan facility when migrants leave immigration court hearings.

Thousands have been ambushed by masked ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza while walking out of court

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