Editorial | Immigrants are out of sight, out of mind for ICE in New York and beyond
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
The story leans hard on the idea that ICE is “disappearing” people, as if immigration enforcement itself is a kind of shadow punishment. That framing skips past a basic fact: the courthouse is where the government is most likely to know who someone is, what their case is, and whether they have a lawful claim to stay. What gets lost is **the rule of law** and the obligation to remove people with final orders or serious violations.
New Republican Times Editorial Board
People are being dehumanized and disappeared in Lower Manhattan — and if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere. Federal attorneys admitted at a Feb. 9 court hearing that numerous immigrants apprehended by ICE agents over the past few months while attending immigration court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza are now being detained on...
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The story leans hard on the idea that ICE is “disappearing” people, as if immigration enforcement itself is a kind of shadow punishment. That framing skips past a basic fact: the courthouse is where the government is most likely to know who someone is, what their case is, and whether they have a lawful claim to stay.
What gets lost is the rule of law and the obligation to remove people with final orders or serious violations. If New York wants fewer courthouse arrests, it should stop using local policy to frustrate routine enforcement and then acting shocked when federal agents adapt. The real scandal is a system that drags on for years, rewarding delay and eroding public trust.
Conservatives can support humane treatment while insisting on border integrity and fairness to legal immigrants. A country that cannot reliably enforce its own immigration decisions invites instability, and that is the principle at stake.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.