What goes on in America’s immigration courts
A dispatch from the elevator bank of the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza
“MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!”, cried a federal agent as officers huddled around an asylum seeker who had just left his immigration hearing. Moments earlier the agents’ phones had beeped and vibrated. They had received a photo of the next person they were to detain. They walked to the elevator bank. A couple of agents held the elevator doors open. The migrant was shaking. He was one of at least 23 people detained by ICE on a recent Tuesday in New York City.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Courtside”
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