"Just after 9 a.m. on May 8, they pounced. As a woman left the courtroom, one of the agents grabbed her by her arm without saying a word. She pulled away and was instantly surrounded. Within seconds, she had disappeared to an undisclosed location. The dramatic scene — one that has occurred often in the halls of Federal Plaza since last spring — unfolded about an hour before local U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman and his colleague, Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Pete Aguilar of California, performed an overnight inspection of the facility's detention center."
"Goldman said ICE had no just cause to detain the woman agents apprehended Friday. “Let's be very clear, she was arrested after an asylum appearance where she received a preliminary hearing date for August, which means she has an active asylum claim, which, as former Secretary [Kristi] Noem admitted in front of the Homeland Security Committee hearing, means she is lawfully here,” Goldman told amNewYork. “Yet she was arrested, and we have no idea what, why or what's going to happen to her.”"
"Inside, Goldman and Aguilar would later report, they discovered three men and that same woman being held there. Goldman said ICE had no just cause to detain the woman agents apprehended Friday. Let's be very clear, she was arrested after an asylum appearance where she received a preliminary hearing date for August, which means she has an active asylum claim, which, as former Secretary [Kristi] Noem admitted in front of the Homeland Security Committee hearing, means she is lawfully here."
Five masked ICE agents detained a woman leaving a courtroom at 26 Federal Plaza on May 8 shortly after 9 a.m. Agents grabbed her by the arm, surrounded her, and she was taken to an undisclosed location. The arrest occurred about an hour before U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar inspected the facility’s detention center overnight. Goldman and Aguilar later reported finding three men and the same woman being held there. Goldman said ICE had no just cause to detain her because she was arrested after an asylum appearance where she received a preliminary hearing date for August, indicating an active asylum claim and lawful presence. The report also notes that ICE arrests at the courthouse had largely disappeared after ICE was assigned to American airports during a TSA staffing crisis and a DHS shutdown, but activity increased again in recent weeks.
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