{"id":666683,"date":"2026-03-19T11:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/666683\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:19:27","slug":"ice-agents-seize-man-inside-manhattan-immigration-court-wife-left-weeping-in-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/666683\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE agents seize man inside Manhattan immigration court, wife left weeping in aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man was forcibly taken by ICE agents inside immigration court on Wednesday morning, leaving his wife weeping profusely in the hands of volunteers.<\/p>\n

Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

A man was forcibly taken by ICE<\/a> agents inside immigration court in Lower Manhattan<\/a> on Wednesday morning, leaving his wife weeping profusely in the hands of volunteers.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred just across the street from 26 Federal Plaza on the 13th floor of 290 Broadway at just after 11 a.m. on March 18. A source with knowledge of the man\u2019s background told amNewYork that a respondent of Jamaican descent attended an asylum hearing and had just been given a return court date when a group of masked federal agents approached him.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we see your paperwork?\u201d one of the agents asked. \u201cIf you don\u2019t have it, you will have to come with us.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The individual was rushed down a long corridor and into an empty room as the sounds of his wife hysterically crying trailed behind him.\n<\/p>\n

Benjamin Remy, senior coordinating attorney at the New York Legal Assistance Group<\/a>, attempted to give the new detainee legal advice and looked to ensure that he had his wife\u2019s phone number before he disappeared behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

\"\"A man was forcibly taken by ICE agents inside immigration court on Wednesday morning, leaving his wife weeping profusely in the hands of volunteers.Photo by Dean Moses \"\"Meanwhile, by the elevator bank, the man\u2019s distraught wife was overcome with emotion, breaking down in tears in the arms of Peter Melck Kuttel, a detention coordinator for Father Fabian Arias\u2019 Saint Peter\u2019s Church,Photo by Dean Moses<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, by the elevator bank, the man\u2019s distraught wife was overcome with emotion, breaking down in tears in the arms of Peter Melck Kuttel,<\/a> a detention coordinator for Saint Peter\u2019s Church. The church\u2019s pastor, Father Fabian Arias<\/a>, also works with U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman\u2019s office to release detained immigrants without criminal records.<\/p>\n

The woman was rushed to Goldman\u2019s office, which has become a triage center of sorts for those who have been taken into federal custody in the court system.\n<\/p>\n

Speaking to amNewYork in a recent interview, Goldman said that since the start of this collaboration, some 26 people have been released from ICE custody thanks to the joint legal effort.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re able to have a much larger coordination effort that helps the families of immigrants who are going through a traumatic situation, and also helps those who have been improperly, unnecessarily and in some cases inhumanely detained actually get out and reunite with their families,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cThis was an effort that was really built out of my staff, and I am investing the time and doing the work on the ground, and it has evolved now to where we figured out how we can be of most help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those with knowledge of the man\u2019s detainment state that legal resources are being provided to him.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s detention comes one day after immigrant advocates filed a legal complaint arguing that ICE activity inside 26 Federal Plaza and 290 Broadway is restricting lawful First Amendment activity and that the practice should be halted.<\/p>\n

The complaint states that members of the public have been prevented from entering courtrooms since 2025, something that the plaintiffs argue is illegal. The complaint maintains that these rights are being infringed upon so that ICE can carry out their detentions, with the legal filing adding that the federal agents should not be permitted to carry out their often violent detainments due to the safety of the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese unnecessarily violent detention operations are happening, it puts people in danger, people that are just trying to see the courts in operation, that are trying to engage in protected First Amendment activities, they\u2019re being imperiled. They\u2019re being put in serious, physical danger as a result of these just shocking activities,\u201d filing attorney Stephen Kelly said. \u201cIt prevents people from being in the courthouse by making it dangerous and hostile is constitutionally impermissible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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