"He came to immigration court in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday morning, begging a federal judge to help his wife and children facing persecution in his homeland of Egypt but ICE agents wound up taking him away. The unidentified immigrant, a resident of Jersey City, came to 26 Federal Plaza on Sept. 17 for a court-mandated hearing on his immigration status."
"Onlookers say the man, who speaks Arabic, understood very little of what was taking place, but urged the judge to assist his wife and children, who are still in Egypt and, according to him, in danger. It's pretty clear he hadn't understood anything that was said, but certainly not that he's about to be abducted. And he's like: Your Honor, I'm terrified for my wife and three daughters who are in Egypt and facing persecution. What can I do to help them?"
A Jersey City resident and Egyptian native attended a court-mandated immigration hearing at 26 Federal Plaza on Sept. 17. The man, who speaks Arabic, appeared to understand little of the proceedings and urgently asked the judge for help to protect his wife and three daughters in Egypt, saying they faced persecution. The judge indicated she could not assist. Masked ICE agents waited outside the courtroom and apprehended the man after he left the room. An attorney heard scuffling in a stairwell where agents led him, and Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum called the arrest outrageous.
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