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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents clad in tactical gear and ski masks stopped a Connecticut lawyer's car outside a courthouse and arrested his client, a Polish immigrant working to adjust his visa status.
Adrian Baron, a New Britain-based attorney, detailed the incident on social media, describing how multiple blacked-out vehicles surrounded his car after he left a local courthouse.
"You might have heard that ICE is only going after hardened criminals, drug dealers, and gang members. It's simply not true," Baron said in a statement.
[Gotta hit those quotas somehow.]
According to Baron, the immigrant had legally entered the country on a tourist visa, which he later overstayed. While overstaying a visa is a civil infraction, not a criminal offense, it has become a growing target of federal immigration enforcement.
Baron criticized the use of heavily armed federal agents for such cases, arguing that resources should be focused on criminals and public threats rather than individuals trying to adjust their status legally. [which is what they were doing at the courthouse]
He was giving his client a ride home when his car was boxed in by four federal vehicles. Armed agents from ICE and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ordered Baron to shut off his engine before removing his client from the vehicle.
Adrian Baron, a New Britain-based attorney, detailed the incident on social media, describing how multiple blacked-out vehicles surrounded his car after he left a local courthouse.
"You might have heard that ICE is only going after hardened criminals, drug dealers, and gang members. It's simply not true," Baron said in a statement.
[Gotta hit those quotas somehow.]
According to Baron, the immigrant had legally entered the country on a tourist visa, which he later overstayed. While overstaying a visa is a civil infraction, not a criminal offense, it has become a growing target of federal immigration enforcement.
Baron criticized the use of heavily armed federal agents for such cases, arguing that resources should be focused on criminals and public threats rather than individuals trying to adjust their status legally. [which is what they were doing at the courthouse]
He was giving his client a ride home when his car was boxed in by four federal vehicles. Armed agents from ICE and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ordered Baron to shut off his engine before removing his client from the vehicle.
