ICE agents detained Brooklyn man for 7 days after warrantless arrest outside his apartment building

On February 24, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained A.M.C., a 36-year-old Brooklyn resident, without a judicial warrant as he was entering his apartment building on Wyckoff Avenue in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. According to a class-action complaint later filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union and The Legal Aid Society, ICE agents approached A.M.C. based on his appearance. He was taken into immigration custody and held for seven days before being released.

The warrantless arrest was among a series of immigration enforcement actions documented in NYCLU v. DHS et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on April 8, 2026, by the NYCLU, The Legal Aid Society, Make the Road New York, and Covington & Burling LLP. The lawsuit names A.M.C. as a plaintiff and alleges that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection engaged in a pattern of unlawful stops, warrantless arrests, and racial profiling of New Yorkers based on race, ethnicity, and national origin, in violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

Updates

2026-04-08 — Class action filed in E.D.N.Y. naming A.M.C. as plaintiff over warrantless arrest [1][2][3]

NYCLU, The Legal Aid Society, Make the Road New York, and Covington & Burling LLP filed NYCLU v. DHS et al. (E.D.N.Y.) on April 8, 2026. The complaint names A.M.C. as a plaintiff and alleges that federal immigration agents conducted a pattern of unlawful stops, warrantless arrests, and racial profiling of New Yorkers in violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.