ICE pretended for a year that it could arrest people outside their immigration court hearings at buildings like 26 Federal Plaza in NYC. Turns out they had no authority to do that, and DOJ attorneys just admitted it. @[email protected] explains: prospect.org/2026/03/25/i...

ICE Lied About Its Authority t...
ICE Lied About Its Authority to Make Courthouse Arrests

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been lying for more than a year about its authority to arrest people when they show up to their routine immigration court hearings, according to a letter the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed yesterday. The letter by Jay Clayton says that ICE legal counsel told […]

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