ICE detains immigrant at Brooklyn criminal courthouse, Legal Aid Society says

[rangerrebew]

ICE detains immigrant at Brooklyn criminal courthouse, Legal Aid Society says

The arrest sparked an impromptu protest outside the courthouse on Schermerhorn Street Friday afternoon.
 

An immigrant was detained by Immigration Customs and Enforcement agents at the Brooklyn criminal courthouse Friday, sparking a protest by attorneys.

The Legal Aid Society's client was detained by ICE around 11:30 a.m. inside the Kings County Criminal Court located at 120 Schermerhorn St. in downtown Brooklyn, a spokesman said.

An ICE spokesman said the Panamanian man who federal agents detained was in the country illegally and was held on immigration violations.

https://www.newsday.com/ice-arrest-brooklyn-court-1.17894547

[rangerrebew]

So what?  If a person is in custody and arrested for yet a different crime at the courthouse, do these "protestors" get out and demonstrate against that?  No, you have to be an illegal alien to gain the protest schtick.

[Fishrrman]

When I read the title, "so what?" is the first thing that came to my mind, as well!

[Sanguine]

If he's deported, is he still an "immigrant"?