Federal agents detained a family of three after they attended a hearing at Denver Immigration Court on Thursday, part of a spate of courthouse arrests nationwide over the last two weeks as the Trump administration pursues a new strategy aimed at mass detentions.
The man, woman and small child left a courtroom at the federal facility on Stout Street after attending an immigration hearing in their case early Thursday morning. During the hearing, Judge Tyler Wood dismissed the removal case against them, said Emily Brock, deputy managing attorney at the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network .
The dismissal of a removal case historically has meant the government decided to no longer pursue deportation from the United States.
But as the family left the courtroom with the dismissal o