Tessa Cabrera

U.S.

CIS offices are bureaucratic places where detentions are rare, unlike immigration court.

But lawyers in San Diego say that suddenly changed this week.

Tessa Cabrera says she was with a client who didn't have legal status but was applying for a green card.

USCIS would not say whether its arrest policy has changed.

In a written statement, it says, quote, apprehensions at USCIS offices may occur if individuals are identified as having outstanding warrants, being subject to removal orders, or committing fraud, crimes, or other violations while in the United States.

Martin Koste, NPR News.

To have two ICE officers storm into an office and immediately order my client to stand up and place him in handcuffs was just unlike anything I've ever experienced.

To have two ICE officers storm into an office and immediately order my client to stand up and place him in handcuffs was just unlike anything I've ever experienced.