Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap | FOX 28 Spokane

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : She filed a discrimination claim with the Justice Department to find out why she was fired; the complaint was dismissed.
55% : The government lawyer knew what was coming as she stood inside a courtroom and texted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent waiting in a corridor a few feet away.
54% : ICE reviews the spreadsheet and selects which people it wants to pursue if cases are dismissed.
54% : Let me know if the judge dismissed," an ICE agent texted during one hearing.
53% : But the ICE agent was holding the back of the wheelchair as the boy futilely pumped his arms.
52% : The conference room they once occupied inside the courthouse is now used as a break room for ICE agents.
47% : Crying, the man knelt to hug his son, who clung to his father, yelling repeatedly: "Papa! Papa!" Finally, the father managed to pull himself away and started to leave with the ICE officers.
46% : "It's like deciding death penalty cases in a traffic court setting," Marks said.
40% : With the body of Frederico Abreu's husband still at the funeral home, ICE officials knocked on his door stating they had documents belonging to the deceased man.
40% : But seconds later, as the family stepped from the courtroom, they were stopped by four ICE agents.
21% : Contrary to Trump's claims that he is targeting the 'worst of the worst,' most don't have a criminal conviction, according to a Cato Institute analysis of ICE data.

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