1:39PM: A young man is detained by federal agents after an immigration hearing in the Jacob K Javits federal building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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8:57AM: A family walks past federal agents towards a courtroom at the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025. Only the father had an immigration hearing, and he would later be detained by federal agents after leaving his hearing.
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9:51AM: A federal agent looks through files containing information about migrants slated for detention at the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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10:11 AM: Federal agents detain a man and take him to another floor in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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10:17 AM: Federal agents stand in a hall in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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10:30 AM: Federal agents escort a detained man to a stairwell in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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Federal agents seize a man, center, after his immigration hearing in which he was granted a subsequent hearing in four years in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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A portrait of Donald Trump in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building.
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11:55 AM: A courtroom sketch artist draws the scene in the hallway outside immigration court in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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12:58 PM: A half-eaten Clif bar sticks out of a tactical carrier worn by a federal agent in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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1:51 PM: A federal agent checks a woman's documents and allows her to leave following her immigration hearing in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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2:11 PM: Federal agents detain the father observed at 8:57 AM following his immigration hearing in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025. He had arrived for his hearing with his family, but they were not allowed in the courtroom with him.
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2:11 PM: Federal agents detain the father observed at 8:57 AM following his immigration hearing in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025. He had arrived for his hearing with his family, but they were not allowed in the courtroom with him.
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2:58 PM: A woman learns she is being detained by federal agents following her immigration hearing in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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2:58 PM: Federal agents escort a detained woman following her immigration hearing in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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2:58 PM: Federal agents escort a detained woman following her immigration hearing in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York on 16 July 2025.
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