New York, New York – US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are accused of violating a recent court order by abducting a Honduran man from a courthouse in New York City on Tuesday morning.
ICE agents arrested and detained 21-year-old Honduran man Vinely Alexander Castillo-Norales on Tuesday morning at a courthouse at 26 Federal Plaza which was recently declared off-limits for immigration enforcement.
On Monday, District Judge P. Kevin Castel issued an order blocking federal agents from making arrests in or around three courthouses in Manhattan: 26 Federal Plaza, 201 Varick Street, and 290 Broadway.
The decision came off the back of months of fear and intimidation within several New York courthouses, where ICE would routinely abduct and detain migrants as they showed up for immigration hearings…