US EditionWoman Denied Entry at JFK Describes ‘Nightmare’ Stay at New Jersey ICE Facility
NEW YORK CITY, JUL 08 – Officials say ICE is using immigration courts to detain migrants with active cases under harsh conditions to meet detention quotas, raising concerns about targeting non-criminal immigrants.
- On Tuesday morning, New York City officials, including the Comptroller and the Public Advocate, along with activists, observed ICE officers detaining migrants at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan.
- These actions follow stepped-up ICE efforts nationwide, including in sanctuary cities, with concerns about targeting non-criminal immigrants and detaining people even before court hearings.
- Several migrants were taken from court, leaving families devastated, including a six-year-old girl waiting for her father who never returned; advocates described the courtrooms as abduction sites.
- Lander warned that the situation represents a critical threat to democratic principles, highlighting ICE's budget increase of 500% and describing the events at locations like 26 Federal Plaza as indicative of a move toward authoritarianism.
- As a result, Lander and Williams urged migrants to avoid immigration court hearings to prevent detainment, while officials criticized the lack of oversight and called for transparency.
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Woman denied entry at JFK describes ‘nightmare’ stay at NJ ICE facility
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Jane can only remember crying twice during her hours-long detention after being denied entry into the United States from Switzerland. Once when she was chained to a chair at John F. Kennedy Airport after six hours of interrogation. The second time, when she realized she’d gotten her period inside Elizabeth Detention Center, a privately owned ICE facility criticized for poor conditions since it opened in the 1990s. Mo…
NYC elected officials shed new light on immigration court hearings, detentions at Federal Plaza
New York City elected leaders took their fight to immigration court on Tuesday, shedding light on how migrants are being treated at a detention center in Lower Manhattan.
Top Dem NYC pols urge migrants to skip court hearings to dodge ICE: ‘Abduction traps’
City Comptroller Brad Lander and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on Tuesday urged migrants to skip out on their immigration court cases and go into hiding to avoid being “abducted” by federal agents.
‘Where is my daddy?’: ICE separates more families in Lower Manhattan
Dozens of masked ICE agents were back in immigration court on Tuesday rapidly vanishing immigrants from their legally mandated court hearings and leaving devastated families in their wake. The mother of a six-year-girl broke down in tears outside of 26 Federal Plaza as her daughter asked: “Where’s my daddy?” The pair had been waiting for the patriarch to return from his court appointment but he never came back. It was only later that the mother …
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