The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York, on Tuesday heightened its call for an end to all arrests of Caribbean and other immigrants at United States immigration courts by officers from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

A Brooklyn student detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a routine hearing was alone, seeking asylum in the United States, elected officials said. On Thursday, officials and advocates called for the release of 20-year-old Mamadou Mouctar Diallo,