30-05-2025
Courthouse Arrests Stun Migrants Who Showed Up for Their Hearing
In courts across the US, migrants who arrive expecting a routine hearing are instead seeing judges dismiss their case and government agents waiting to arrest them.
The first blitz of this controversial turn in immigration enforcement played out last week from coast to coast. In one example, almost two dozen federal agents descended on a Phoenix court and arrested more than 20 people as they left the building, including parents with their children, said Greg Chen, senior director of government relations at the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
