The Jacob K Javits Federal Building at 26 Federal Plaza in New York.

A portrait of Donald Trump in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York.

8:57 AM — A family walks towards a courtroom past masked federal agents at the Jacob K Javits Federal Building. Only the father has a hearing, and his family would not be allowed to enter the room with him. They would have to wait elsewhere.

9:51 AM — A federal agent looks through files containing information about migrants slated for detention.

10:11 AM — Federal agents detain a man and take him to another floor in the Jacob K Javits Federal Building in New York.

10:17 AM — Federal agents stand in a hall.

10:30 AM — Federal agents detain a man and attempt to take him to another floor via the elevator.

10:30 AM — Federal agents escort a detained man to a stairwell.

11:25 AM — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander escorts a man to the elevator after an immigration hearing.

11:45 AM — After successfully escorting a man to the elevator, Lander then returns to a courtroom to observe another case. At 11.45am, he stands in the doorway and announces to federal agents that a man named Carlos has been granted a follow-up hearing in 2029. He asks the assembled agents if they would allow him to return for that hearing. No one says anything in response.

11:46 AM — Chaos breaks out as multiple federal agents grab Carlos while his sister screams.

11:46 AM — Chaos breaks out as multiple federal agents grab Carlos while his sister screams.

11:55 AM — Court employees had informed a sketch artist that she wouldn’t be allowed inside the courtrooms at the federal building, despite the fact that such artists are generally permitted in courtrooms where cameras are banned, as in high-profile federal trials. The sketch artist resorts to drawing the scene in the hallway. She would subsequently be allowed into the courtroom.

12:58 PM — A half-eaten snack bar sticks out of a tactical vest.

1:51 PM — After emerging from a hearing, a woman is immediately apprehended by a masked federal agent who asks for her name and to look at her documents. Upon reviewing her documents, the agent tells her she can leave. “Have a nice day,” he says in Spanish.

2:11 PM — Federal agents detain the father from the family observed at 8.57am and lead him to a stairwell. The Guardian later observed a photojournalist telling the man’s family in Spanish that he had been arrested. Their oldest child broke down in tears as the other two slept, after waiting for him for hours after their arrival. The mother said he had no criminal history and that their asylum cases were in progress.

2:11 PM — Federal agents detain the father from the family observed at 8.57am and lead him to a stairwell. The Guardian later observed a photojournalist telling the man’s family in Spanish that he had been arrested. Their oldest child broke down in tears as the other two slept, after waiting for him for hours after their arrival. The mother said he had no criminal history and that their asylum cases were in progress.

2:58 PM — The last woman to emerge from her hearing holds a stack of documents in her hand, and she smiles briefly before a masked agent whose T-shirt reads “police” apprehends her. Her smile fades to an expression of fear as she learns that she will not be allowed to leave. Federal agents then rush her to a stairwell.

2:58 PM — The last woman to emerge from her hearing holds a stack of documents in her hand, and she smiles briefly before a masked agent whose T-shirt reads “police” apprehends her. Her smile fades to an expression of fear as she learns that she will not be allowed to leave. Federal agents then rush her to a stairwell.

2:58 PM — The last woman to emerge from her hearing holds a stack of documents in her hand, and she smiles briefly before a masked agent whose T-shirt reads “police” apprehends her. Her smile fades to an expression of fear as she learns that she will not be allowed to leave. Federal agents then rush her to a stairwell.