ICE Courthouse Stings In Miami: 170 Arrests After Hearings As Plainclothes Agents Use Unmarked Vans

A Miami court watcher has documented more than 170 post-hearing courthouse arrests by ICE since May, describing a coordinated tactic: plainclothes agents waiting outside immigration courtrooms, steering detainees into unmarked vans after cases are dismissed at DHS prosecutors’ request. Similar arrests are reported at routine check-ins at ICE’s Miramar office. The pattern aligns with a broader, accelerating enforcement shift seen in other jurisdictions, raising due-process and civil-rights concerns.