Immigration
Jun. 25, 2026
Judge strikes ICE courthouse arrest policy
U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts ruled that ICE failed to justify policies allowing arrests at immigration courthouses and waiving limits on short-term detention, finding both arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.
A recent ICE policy allowing agents to arrest people at immigration courthouses violates federal law, a San Jose federal judge ruled Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs, a group of immigrants, in a class action over the practice, as well as the agency's waiver of its 12-hour limit for detainees held at short-term facilities. The judge found that ICE failed to provide a sound reason for the practice, as required by the 1946 la...
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