A San Diego immigration attorney whose client was arrested during his green card interview Wednesday said it was “shocking and disturbing,” in part because Immigration and Customs Enforcement has generally not taken people into custody in that setting before.

“This was honestly one of the more devastating interactions that I've had with immigration officials,” said Tessa Cabrera, adding that neither she nor her client expected his arrest.

“He looked right at me and was like, ‘My world was just torn apart,’” she said.

Multiple immigration attorneys said ICE has detained at least a handful of people during their interviews for legal status at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in San Diego and placed those individuals into deportation proceedings. USCIS is the agency responsible

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