The woman's cries echo down the hallway, shattering the usual silence of a courtroom. Her four-year-old daughter joins in, beginning to cry in her father's arms as the family is surrounded by half a dozen masked agents. The only other sounds are the whispers of volunteers, who are quickly trying to identify the family about to be detained, and the cameras of journalists witnessing the scene. It's impossible to hear what the immigration officials are saying to the Venezuelan couple, as they are cornered.
His intention was, I'm going to follow this officer's instruction. I am going to get out of there,' said Greg Jackson, a partner in the Simon Law Group, which is preparing a claim against federal authorities on behalf of Jimenez as a required precursor to a lawsuit. I think they did not follow proper protocol for a person who is not a threat.