Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers — often dressed in plainclothes — are now arresting immigrants at courthouses nationwide, sometimes moments after their hearings end. Why it matters: The courthouse crackdown is part of a sweeping Trump administration effort to fast-track removals and increase the number of deportations this year — a strategy that's dramatically expanding who gets targeted and how.

Protesters plan to gather on Friday outside of a Houston U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention Facility in response to recent arrests that have taken place at local