A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from arresting migrants at immigration courts, saying that the policy violates a federal statute.
Fidel Rivera, a husband and father who has been in the U.S. for 30 years, is one of thousands of undocumented migrants who have self-deported due to the threat of arrest.
Demonstrators say immigrant New Yorkers have been illegally detained in Federal Plaza Immigration Court, usually after routine hearings.
A group counts at least 18 cases where recipients of the DACA program have been deported or are at risk of being deported after being detained by immigration authorities.
A judge on Friday was considering a Trump administration request to end a decades-old policy on protections for immigrant children in federal custody that the government says is inhibiting its immigration crackdown.
Senator Adam Schiff heard directly from Central Valley farmers on Thursday when he visited Del Bosque Farms near Firebaugh.