DOJ forced to admit ICE lies about immigration court arrests
The Trump administration has been known to play it fast and loose with the law in immigration matters.
Edith Olmsted for the New Republic reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement lied about having the authority to arrest asylum seekers and individuals seeking citizenship at immigration courts.
In a court filing earlier this week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Oestericher of the Southern District of New York revealed that a memo the government had relied on to support the arrest of immigrants appearing at immigration courts “does not and has never authorized” civil immigration enforcement actions at those courts.
"The revelation was part of a lawsuit brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union and various other civil rights groups, challenging the government’s practice of dismissing asylum and citizenship cases and snatching law-abiding immigrants en masse at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, as well as other immigration courts across the country."
