Skip to content

ICE has a new courthouse tactic: Get immigrants’ cases tossed, then arrest them outside

Rather than pursue a deportation case, the Trump administration is convincing judges to dismiss immigrants’ cases — thus depriving the immigrants of protection from arrest and detention — then taking them into custody.

Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America/TNS)
Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America/TNS)
UPDATED:

They convince judges to dismiss cases, thus depriving immigrants of protection from arrest.

Subscribe to continue reading this article.

Already subscribed? To log in, click here.

Originally Published:

RevContent Feed

Page was generated in 1.6869010925293