Judge blocks Trump administration from arresting migrants at immigration courts
Summary
A federal judge has stopped the Trump administration from arresting migrants at immigration courts across the United States. The judge ruled that the policy was made without proper explanation and broke the law.Key Facts
- The ruling came from U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts in California.
- The judge said the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) acted arbitrarily and broke the Administrative Procedures Act (APA).
- The judge issued a nationwide order preventing the arrest of migrants inside immigration courts.
- ICE had been arresting migrants at immigration courts, sometimes after their deportation cases were dismissed.
- Deportation hearings decide if a migrant must leave the U.S., and cases are sometimes dismissed to let migrants seek asylum or because they are not a priority for removal.
- The Trump administration argued that an executive order allowed these arrests, but the judge rejected this claim.
- The Justice Department tried to limit the block to only California, but the judge made it nationwide.
- A court filing showed that ICE's 2025 policy did not officially cover arrests at immigration courts, contradicting earlier government statements.
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