ICE can no longer conduct arrests at immigration courthouses, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
President Donald Trump overturned Biden-era immigration enforcement policies upon his inauguration, allowing immigration agents to arrest individuals while appearing at immigration courthouses for hearings — moves that eventually became a pillar of the administration’s mass deportation plans.
U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts, a Biden appointee, vacated Trump’s executive order and a separate detention waiver that allowed the agency to hold individuals for up to 72 hours, instead of the previous limit of 12 hours.