Enterprise Reporter

Jesse Alejandro Cottrell

“There are very few American citizens who are not touched by this fairly directly,” says retired Judge Dana Leigh Marks.

Crying on the job, personal effects prepacked, more firings expected soon — and the cases just keep piling up.

At rarely seen hearings, unaccompanied teenagers and families with toddlers face lawyers for the government.

Federal attorneys said use of the Marshals Service for ICE arrests is a significant escalation of enforcement they have not seen before.

"ICE is now following the law and placing these illegal aliens in expedited removal, as they always should have been," a spokesperson said.