A recent report by an immigrant-rights organization concluded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has substantially increased arrests of undocumented immigrants in and around New York State courts in the last two years.
Both enforcement and surveillance within state courts by ICE agents have risen dramatically since 2016, with arrests climbing from 11 in 2016 to 177 last year after first spiking in 2017, according to the report, issued late last month by the city-based Immigrant Defense Project. The increase is indicative of the robust enforcement efforts undertaken by the Trump Administration, it said.
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