The Trump administration’s surging arrests of migrants at immigration courts will drive undocumented people from taking legal pathways to citizenship and deter them from cooperating with police and other authorities, San Antonio lawmakers caution. The warning comes as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has made recent headlines by arresting migrants as they leave immigration hearings, including at downtown’s San Antonio Immigration Court. Since last week, federal agents have arrested multiple people outside the Alamo City court, and some of the busts have been accompanied by heart-wrenching videos of families being separated.
