Posted on 05/30/2025 11:17:27 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Officials had largely steered clear of arrests at immigration courts out of concern that they would deter people from showing up for hearings.
A hearing on Tuesday at immigration court in Van Nuys, Calif., was supposed to be routine for a young family from Colombia, the first step in what they hoped would be a successful bid for asylum.
To their surprise, the judge informed the father, Andres Roballo, that the government wished to dismiss his deportation case. Taken aback, Mr. Roballo hesitated, then responded: “As long as I stay with my family.”
Moments later, as they exited the courtroom into a waiting area, Mr. Roballo was encircled by plainclothes federal agents who ushered him into a side room. Other agents guided his shaken wife, Luisa Bernal, and their toddler toward the elevator.
Outside the courthouse, Ms. Bernal collapsed on a bench. “They have him, they have him,” she wailed. “We didn’t understand this would happen.”
Mr. Roballo’s arrest was part of an aggressive new initiative by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain migrants at immigration courts, the latest escalation by the Trump administration in its all-out effort to ramp up deportations.
Agents have begun arresting migrants immediately after their hearings if they have been ordered deported or their cases have been dismissed, a move that enables their swift removal, according to immigration lawyers and internal documents obtained by The New York Times.
The operations, which have taken place across the country in the past week, have required a high level of coordination between the government lawyers in the courtrooms and the ICE officers waiting to make the arrests, according to the documents.
The tactic is a significant break from past practice, when immigration officials largely steered clear of courthouse arrests out of concern that they would deter people from complying...
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Agents have begun arresting migrants immediately after their hearings if they have been ordered deported or their cases have been dismissed
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Oh well
Translation - the Hussein/Biden Regime said "come on down"
“Officials had largely steered clear of arrests at immigration courts out of concern that they would deter people from showing up for hearings.”
so what are the consequences for not showing up to a hearing?
Come on guys.... it’s not that difficult to find and deport illegals. Give me a shout and I’ll give you a couple of clues. Guaranteed to fill up a couple of paddy wagons.... every time.
Van Nuys a good place to start now do all of Los Angles county.
As I noted on another thread, arrests are much safer for everyone in a courthouse because the criminals aren’t armed.
His wife and baby can go back with them...
Deportation, so let them screw themselves...
Does Andres use they pronouns?
Willie Sutton
Winning!
They were arrested by Mexican legal immigrants who followed the law and are now American citizens employed by ICE.
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