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Immigration Officers Arresting Suspected Illegal Aliens in Los Angeles Immigration Courtrooms

By Walin & Klarich

A recent report in the Los Angeles Daily Journal indicates that in the last few months several suspected illegal immigrants were arrested inside downtown Los Angeles immigration courts while they waited for their court hearings to begin. One local Immigration attorney stated that these arrests are ?shocking?. One of the attorney?s clients was arrested by Immigration Officers when he came to court to appear at his court hearing. Two other immigration lawyers said the same thing had happened to their clients. While the clients were waiting in court, Immigration Officers signaled them to come outside where they were arrested. A recently retired Immigration judge called the arrests acts of arrogance on the part of ICE law enforcement. He was quoted as saying: ?For ICE to just unilaterally say to someone, ?You had your day in court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on August 13, 2009 (boomark / email).