"A man was forcibly taken by ICE agents inside immigration court in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday morning, leaving his wife weeping profusely in the hands of volunteers. The incident occurred just across the street from 26 Federal Plaza on the 13th floor of 290 Broadway at just after 11 a.m. on March 18."
"A respondent of Jamaican descent attended an asylum hearing and had just been given a return court date when a group of masked federal agents approached him. Can we see your paperwork? one of the agents asked. If you don't have it, you will have to come with us."
"Benjamin Remy, senior coordinating attorney at the New York Legal Assistance Group, attempted to give the new detainee legal advice and looked to ensure that he had his wife's phone number before he disappeared behind closed doors."
On March 18, ICE agents forcibly detained a Jamaican man inside an immigration court on the 13th floor of 290 Broadway in Lower Manhattan. The man had just received a return court date during his asylum hearing when masked federal agents approached him and demanded to see his paperwork. Unable to produce it, he was taken into an empty room while his wife became hysterical. Legal advocates from the New York Legal Assistance Group attempted to provide assistance. The man's distraught wife received support from volunteers and detention coordinators from Saint Peter's Church, who helped connect her with resources including U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman's office, which assists in releasing detained immigrants without criminal records.
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