New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Monday that her office has formally made a legal filing urging the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York to block ICE from detaining immigrants inside of courthouses.

James’ office said the amicus brief challenges policies that allow widespread arrests as men, women, and even children attend their legally mandated court hearings. For months, amNewYork has documented masked ICE agents as they lie in wait in the halls of 26 Federal Plaza and 290 Broadway in Lower Manhattan and swiftly detain people as they leave the courtrooms.

In one incident, amNewYork observed a woman calling into her hearing remotely and telling a judge that she was too afraid of ICE to attend in person. However, he ordered her to return to court i

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