U.S. immigration authorities are increasingly arresting undocumented immigrants during green card interviews, a shift that lawyers say has turned what was once a routine step toward legal status into a point of detention for some families, according to an Axios report.
Immigration attorneys told the outlet that in recent weeks, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have taken individuals into custody at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices immediately after interviews tied to marriage-based green card applications. In several cases, the petitions were approved the same day the arrests occurred.
