𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗬~"𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚" 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦, 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗠

 

Juan Serrano, released, then arrested in the hallway outside the courtroom

Trump administration immigration officials have initiated a clever new tactic in dealing with immigration cases.  Rather than telling immigrants to return within two years to plead their case, they are simply released and then arrested in the courtroom halls by waiting ICE agents.

That happened recently with Juan Serrano, a 28 year old Colombian migrant with no criminal record, not even a speeding ticket.

According to the Associated Press, Serrano was told "You're free to go," by Judge Monica Neuman, but waiting for him, as he exited the small courtroom, were five federal agents who cuffed him against the wall, escorted him to the garage and whisked him away in a department van.

U.S. immigration officials said government attorneys were given the order to start dismissing cases when they showed up for work Monday, knowing full well that federal agents would then have a free hand to arrest those same individuals as soon as they stepped out of the courtroom. 

This new procedure has been reported, not just in Miami, but Los Angeles, Phoenix, New York, Seattle, Chicago and Texas.