Fordham Law was mentioned in a Courthouse News article about protests against courthouse arrests of undocumented immigrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A week after public defenders staged a walkout in protest of immigration agents carrying out courthouse arrests, attorneys joined a throng of several hundred protesters Thursday on the chilly front steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall.
“Hey, hey, ho, ho, ICE has got to go,” they chanted, using the abbreviation for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that appeared in many of the home-made signs dotting the crowd.
“Melt ICE,” one said. Against a backdrop of these signs, and more official placards that carried the names of groups like the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, the Osborne Association and New York City Public Defenders, several speakers addressed the crowd in both Spanish and English.
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Also present Thursday were representatives from the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, Brooklyn Defender Services, Catholic Migration Services, Coalition to End Broken Windows, Families for Freedom, Immigrant Defense Project and Jewish Voice for Peace, as well as students from Columbia, CUNY and Fordham law schools, among others.
