1. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity is ramping up in New York City , with devastating consequences. In the last couple of weeks, dozens of New York immigrants have been arrested outside Manhattan courthouses daily. In particular, federal immigration agents are employing an entrapment tactic where federal lawyers will drop cases against migrants in immigration court, which strips them of certain due process protections. Without an active case, ICE agents can then arrest those same migrants as they leave the courthouse and place them in expedited removal proceedings, which allows for rapid deportation without a hearing.

The frequent arrests are made more ominous by the fact that the teams of federal agents are almost always wearing plainclothes and mask coverin

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