Inside the Quiet Crackdown: Legal Asylum Seekers Are Being Detained After Court Hearings
A Chilling New Chapter in U.S. Immigration Enforcement
a 25-year-old Cuban asylum seeker — was escorted into immigration court in El Paso, Texas. She had arrived in the U.S. legally under the Biden-era CBP One program, and had followed all legal procedures in her bid for asylum. But as she left her hearing, smiling and hopeful after receiving a positive update on her case, Jenny was unexpectedly surrounded by masked ICE agents. Moments later, she was taken into federal custody.
Her story isn’t an anomaly — it’s part of a growing trend of post-courtroom immigration arrests under a quietly expanding Trump administration directive. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), empowered by a new push from Donald Trump and advisor Stephen Miller, is dramatically increasing daily arrests — targe...