He came to immigration court in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday morning, begging a federal judge to help his wife and children facing persecution in his homeland of Egypt – but ICE agents wound up taking him away.

The unidentified immigrant, a resident of Jersey City, came to 26 Federal Plaza on Sept. 17 for a court-mandated hearing on his immigration status. Onlookers say the man, who speaks Arabic, understood very little of what was taking place, but urged the judge to assist his wife and children, who are still in Egypt and, according to him, in danger.

“It’s pretty clear he hadn’t understood anything that was said, but certainly not that he's about to be abducted. And he's like: ‘Your Honor, I'm terrified for my wife and three daughters who are in Egypt and facing persecution. What can

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