Source: Fox News
Summary
A federal judge, P. Kevin Castel, has largely blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from carrying out civil immigration arrests at Manhattan immigration courthouses. The ruling comes after government lawyers admitted to making a “material mistaken statement of fact” defending the policy in court. The judge’s decision reverts to narrower Biden-era restrictions on courthouse arrests while a broader lawsuit proceeds.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
ICE officers must temporarily revert to narrower Biden-era restrictions on courthouse arrests. The government acknowledged a guidance “does not and has never applied” to immigration courts. Castel said the reversal justified revisiting the earlier ruling “to correct a clear error and prevent a manifest injustice.” Immigrant advocacy groups argued the Trump administration’s enforcement policies effectively turned mandatory immigration hearings into arrest operations. The judge emphasized the ruling does not fully prohibit courthouse arrests.
The process has entered a familiar phase, where a federal judge’s ruling is met with a mixture of relief and caution from immigrant advocacy groups, while government agencies are left to navigate the implications of their own policies.
Author: Evan Null
