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NYC Immigration Lawyers Protest Against ICE Agents at Courthouses

HeadlineApr 11, 2018

In New York City, immigration lawyers staged a walkout at a Queens courthouse on Tuesday to protest against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, for deploying its agents to the courthouse to arrest undocumented immigrants. Immigration lawyers say ICE’s practice violates the rights of defendants, victims and witnesses. In retaliation for the protest, court officers reassigned some of the protesting lawyers’ cases to other lawyers.

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