Two people were pinned to the ground and arrested by ICE agents who were waiting in the hallways outside federal immigration courtrooms as a blitz of migrant arrests at courthouses continued in lower Manhattan Friday.

Over a dozen federal agents, some hiding their faces with neck gaiters or medical masks , stood talking in small groups on the 12th floor at 26 Federal Plaza for several hours Friday morning.

When Dominican migrant Joaquin Rosario Espinal left the courtroom after a routine check-in, at about 12:35 p.m., at least six agents waiting outside swarmed him . Two agents grabbed Rosario Espinal by his shirt collar, before one tumbled to the ground with him.

“Stop fighting! Stop resisting! Stop resisting!” an agent yelled.

Multiple agents then turned Rosario Espinal around,

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