U.S. immigration officials are detaining illegal aliens in green card interviews, turning what is typically a final step toward legal status into a point of arrest for some applicants, Axios reported Tuesday.
Immigration attorneys told the outlet that in recent weeks, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have detained people at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices immediately after marriage-based green card interviews, sometimes on the same day the underlying petition was approved.
San Diego immigration attorney Jan Joseph Bejar said one client, who had entered the U.S. legally as a child, later overstayed a visa, and applied for permanent residency through marriage to a U.S. citizen, was arrested by ICE after his interview.
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