ICE Is Targeting the Lawyers of Immigrant Children
After freezing payments and demanding client data, the Trump administration attempted to raid the nonprofit offices of attorneys for unaccompanied immigrant children last week as its anti-migrant campaign increasingly turns its focus toward minors.
The Trump administration has escalated its intimidation tactics in an attempt to collect sensitive data on children in the US immigration system. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents attempted to raid the offices of attorneys for unaccompanied migrant children this week, lawyers tell the Lever, the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s attempt to collect sensitive data on children in the US immigration system.
As the Lever first reported last week, the legal services providers for unaccompanied migrant children — who represent the youth in deportation proceedings — have been locked in a standoff with the Trump administration over requests for sensitive case data on their clients.
Now, ICE agents are arriving at their doors.
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