Paul Kirby reports in The Daily Freeman that Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson, a migrant rights group, is pushing local municipalities to back the Protect Our Courts Act, which would prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from arresting people attending court proceedings. “(The bill) would make it unlawful for ICE to make a civil arrest while a person is going to, attending or leaving court unless the officer presents a valid judicial warrant or court order,” a Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson press release said. “The Act also empowers the New York Attorney General to pursue legal action on behalf of individuals arrested in violation of this law, and recognizes individuals have a right to pursue civil legal claims when they are arrested.” The group is looking for support in the towns of Woodstock, New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Newburgh, and Warwick. In Hudson, ICE has made efforts to arrest migrants several times after court proceedings. “ICE's growing presence in the courts has spread fear, making many New Yorkers afraid to attend,” the press release said. “In a statewide survey, a third of advocates working with domestic violence survivors reported that their clients were afraid to seek a protection order in court due to fear of ICE.” Last week, reports indicated the president wants to move migrants applying for asylum in this country to so-called sanctuary cities. Several of the towns Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson are targeting have sanctuary laws. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.