New York Fights to Protect Immigrants by Keeping ICE from Patrolling Courts

By Argyro Partsakoulaki on May 6, 2019 Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New York City Council, New York State courts Politics & Policy, Uncategorized

Last July, Miriam Martinez’s husband, Plutarco Ramirez was whisked away by immigration officials at a courthouse in New York. He was arrested after being falsely charged with a crime that was later dropped. “His detention drastically shifted my everyday life, for the first time my family was torn apart,” said Martinez in her emotional testimony […]