The mood inside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan is far less raucous than the ongoing ICE raids in Minnesota but no less tense. Very little has changed in the new year in the hallways of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza. Masked ICE agents continued to roam the hallways on Tuesday looking for individuals to talk to, and potentially detain, on the court docket and due to appear.
The Trump administration has given the boot to eight New York City immigration judges working on cases at 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE agents have seized immigrants for months, per a new published report. Photo by Dean Moses The Trump administration has given the boot to eight New York City immigration judges working on cases at 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE agents have seized immigrants for months, per a new published report.