Advocates for undocumented immigrants rallied outside a state district court in Stamford on Thursday.

They were protesting an increase in ICE arrests of immigrants at the courthouse and want immediate changes to state policy.

“This person was being taken against his will by a masked agent, who moved fast, almost mechanically, displaying no sign of human emotion, no regrets, no rage towards us volunteers yelling at them,” said Stamford resident Marcella Branca, a member of the group Stamford Norwalk United with Immigrants, who've been monitoring ICE activity at the courthouse.

“No words, just cold unjustified violence,” she said, describing a disturbing arrest in the court parking garage that she witnessed on August 11th.

“Our state courthouses are a place of justice; they are not a hun

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