Immigration Agents Target Brooklyn Criminal Court, Lawyers Say
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Plainclothes agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement took four men into custody outside Brooklyn Criminal Court Thursday morning in what appeared to be a coordinated operation, according to a source and attorneys with Brooklyn Defender Services.
About half a dozen agents were posted outside the courthouse at 120 Schermerhorn St. and attorneys spotted them nabbing two men around the corner on Smith Street just after 9:45 a.m., said attorney Nathaniel Damren, who witnessed the two men being led away.
"I came here and I saw what I thought were officers lurking, and a couple of unmarked cars double parked," Damren said. "I didn't see them grab the guys around the corner on Smith Street, but I saw them walk them to a car on Schermerhorn Street."
It was not immediately clear when or where the other two men were detained...