Federal judge blocks Trump policy that allows immigration court arrests
Judge vacates administrations policies, finding actions of ICE and another government arm ‘arbitrary and capricious’ A federal judge in California vacated the Trump administration’s nationwide
Judge vacates administrations policies, finding actions of ICE and another government arm ‘arbitrary and capricious’ A federal judge in California vacated the Trump administration’s nationwide policies expanding arrests at immigration courthouses and the duration for detaining noncitizens in short-term facilities, finding the actions of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and another government arm “arbitrary and capricious”.
US district judge P Casey Pitts of the northern district of California on Tuesday vacated ICE’s policies that had rescinded previous strictures on arrests at immigration courthouses and allowed detainees to be held in short-term cells for up to 72 hours.
He did the same for a similar policy undertaken by the US Department of Justice’s executive office for immigration review that removed limits on courthouse
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