ICE Arrest of Father in Suffolk Family Court IDP confirmed another ICE arrest at a Family Court in Suffolk County on Long Island on April 19th. The father had sole custody of two U.S. citizen children and was appearing in Family Court on a visitation petition when he was apprehended by ICE agents in the hallway of the courthouse. Two weeks earlier, the Family Court judge contacted the Suffolk County Sheriff on the mistaken belief the father had an open warrant. The Office Sheriff’s confirmed that he had no warrants but contacted ICE (presumably because they saw he had prior ICE contact). ICE declined to pick him up at that time and the man was released. It is unknown how ICE knew about his Family Court date or why they arrested him then after declining to pick him up from the Office. The man had been deported Sheriff’s several years ago then reentered the U.S., at which point he was detained. It is believed he has a prior conviction for illegal reentry. SCOTUS listened to oral arguments in , to consider whether the 6th Circuit erred by holding that a naturalized American citizen can be stripped of her citizenship in a criminal proceeding based on an immaterial false statement. SCOTUS justices were , asking if someone could be denaturalized if they did not confess to driving 60 miles in a 55 mph zone, failing to disclose an embarrassing childhood nickname, or lying about their weight. The government responded by saying the law applied to all false statements, even trivial ones. CALLS TO ACTION May Day Rally (today) - The New York May Day coalition is a part of a national movement honoring May 1st as a call to action to Rise Up! for worker and immigrant rights. For over 100 years, May Day has been a day of solidarity for worker rights and immigrant rights. ! SIGN-ON: SIGN-ON:
ICE Arrest of Father in Suffolk Family Court IDP confirmed another ICE arrest at a Family Court in Suffolk County on Long Island on April 19th. The father had sole custody of two U.S. citizen children and was appearing in Family Court on a visitation petition when he was apprehended by ICE agents in the hallway of the courthouse. Two weeks earlier, the Family Court judge contacted the Suffolk County Sheriff on the mistaken belief the father had an open warrant. The Sheriff’s Office confirmed that he had no warrants but contacted ICE (presumably because they saw he had prior ICE contact). ICE declined to pick him up at that time and the man was released. It is unknown how ICE knew about his Family Court date or why they arrested him then after declining to pick him up from the Sheriff’s Office. The man had been deported several years ago then reentered the U.S., at which point he was detained. It is believed he has a prior conviction for illegal reentry. SCOTUS listened to oral arguments in , to consider whether the 6th Circuit erred by holding that a naturalized American citizen can be stripped of her citizenship in a criminal proceeding based on an immaterial false statement. SCOTUS justices were , asking if someone could be denaturalized if they did not confess to driving 60 miles in a 55 mph zone, failing to disclose an embarrassing childhood nickname, or lying about their weight. The government responded by saying the law applied to all false statements, even trivial ones. CALLS TO ACTION May Day Rally (today) - The New York May Day coalition is a part of a national movement honoring May 1st as a call to action to Rise Up! for worker and immigrant rights. For over 100 years, May Day has been a day of solidarity for worker rights and immigrant rights. ! SIGN-ON: SIGN-ON: