A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from arresting migrants at immigration courts, saying that the policy violates a federal statute.
Demonstrators say immigrant New Yorkers have been illegally detained in Federal Plaza Immigration Court, usually after routine hearings.
A group counts at least 18 cases where recipients of the DACA program have been deported or are at risk of being deported after being detained by immigration authorities.
A judge on Friday was considering a Trump administration request to end a decades-old policy on protections for immigrant children in federal custody that the government says is inhibiting its immigration crackdown.
California Sen. Alex Padilla continued to defend himself Friday and refute the claims that he "crashed" DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in May over Trump's emergency request to rollback nationwide injunctions against his executive order to end birthright citizenship.