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Andrew Arrabaca, a former Army soldier, was charged with arson after setting a fire and igniting fireworks at a Manhattan federal building housing immigration court. The attack injured three people and involved anti-government statements, though the FBI did not label it terrorism. Arrabaca, who confessed to planning the attack since January, faces a minimum seven-year prison sentence.

A New York City man has been charged with arson after allegedly setting a fire outside a federal building where immigrants attend court appointments. The FBI recovered two weapons at the scene of an incendiary device detonated at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan.

Concord, now housing the Bay Area’s primary immigration court, saw over 600 immigrants ordered deported in June for failing to appear in court. The number of deportations due to non-appearance is increasing.

The FBI reportedly will no longer investigate confrontations involving ICE agents, according to the New York Times. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) denied the policy change. Recent incidents in Maine and Texas involving ICE agents have drawn scrutiny, with two civilian deaths reported.

A federal judge ruled that ICE must stop making arrests in immigration court. In Dallas, ICE agents were a daily presence at immigration court last summer but are now prohibited from doing so.

Lander, a Jewish progressive House candidate in New York, was acquitted after being arrested in immigration court. He stated he is 'genuinely moved by the rule of law.'