Immigration
Sep. 18, 2026
Judge blocks warrantless immigration arrests without escape-risk finding
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong ordered federal immigration agents in Southern California to make individualized findings that a person is likely to flee before making a warrantless civil immigration arrest.
A federal judge in Los Angeles has barred immigration agents from making warrantless civil arrests without first determining that a person is likely to flee before a warrant can be obtained, finding the government likely adopted a practice that bypassed a requirement of federal immigration law.
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong granted in part a preliminary injunction requiring agents to consider the circumstances of each arrest and document the facts supporting any ...
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