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Pennsylvania judges are calling ICE on Hispanics who go to the courthouse for traffic hearings and marriage licenses slate.com/news-and-polit… @Slate 
@Slate One of ICE's favorite tricks is to arrest immigrants at the courthouse right before a scheduled hearing. When the immigrant don't appear in court, the judge issues a bench warrant—and ICE uses that warrant to help justify deporting him. slate.com/news-and-polit… @Slate
@Slate ICE also colludes with probation officers to get information about probationers' immigration status. When an undocumented probationer shows up for a regular check-in, ICE ambushes them at the courthouse and throws them in detention. slate.com/news-and-polit… @Slate
@Slate The consequences of ICE's tactics?
•Undocumented victims of violent crime are less likely to go to the police
•Undocumented victims of domestic abuse are too afraid of courthouses to seek protective orders
•Undocumented victims of wage theft don't report their exploitation
•Undocumented victims of violent crime are less likely to go to the police
•Undocumented victims of domestic abuse are too afraid of courthouses to seek protective orders
•Undocumented victims of wage theft don't report their exploitation
@Slate It's time for state Supreme Courts to reassert control over their own judiciaries—and safeguard access to justice for all—by ending ICE's courthouse arrests. Pennsylvania is an excellent place to start. slate.com/news-and-polit… @Slate
