ICE Arrests In NYC Courts Done Behind Lawyers' Backs, They Say

"NEW YORK, NY — Jasmine Rowe's Nov. 15 appearance at the Brooklyn criminal court was supposed to be routine. She and Sarah O'Leary, her Legal Aid defense attorney, spent about 10 minutes discussing her low-level assault case with the prosecution and Judge Rosemarie Montalbano.

Rowe, a 40-year-old immigrant living in Flatbush with no prior criminal record, is fighting the charges. The judge told them all to have a nice holiday season and come back Jan. 10, O'Leary said.

O'Leary spent a few more minutes discussing the case with Rowe before her client left the courtroom. When O'Leary walked into the hallway a few minutes later, she said, she found Rowe gone and her friend sitting distraught on a bench..."

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