Overview

• AFP reporting describes agents with covered faces and some armed standing in New York immigration court hallways and detaining people around hearings.
• Advocates and the IRC say adults are being taken into ICE custody while children are placed with NGOs, marking a shift toward family detentions tied to court appearances.
• Journalists and NGOs report detentions now include minors, with accounts of youths protected by Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and roughly 50 under‑18s held in New York this year.
• The American Immigration Council counts a record 59,000 people detained so far in 2025, with about 30% having criminal records and at least 10 deaths reported in ICE custody.
• A New York judge recently ordered humane treatment for migrants held in court areas, as advocates warn new funding could boost ICE capacity to detain up to 125,000 people.