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 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US district judge P Casey Pitts of the northern district of California on Tuesday vacated ICE’s policies that had rescinded previous strictures on arrests at immigration courthouses and allowed detainees to be held in short-term cells for up to 72 hours.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 arrests.
The 71-page ruling, issued in a case brought by an asylum seeker arrested upon departing a routine hearing at a San Francisco immigration court, struck down key parts of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies. Judge Pitts, appointed by Joe Biden, in effect reinstated Biden-era policies that limited arrests at immigration courthouses to narrow circumstances and capped detentions in short-term facilities to 12 hours.
SinceDonald Trump retook office in January of last year, his administration has ramped up arrests of immigrants suspected of being in the US illegally as part of an aggressive deportation push.
The US Department of Homeland Security’s general counsel, James Percival, criticized the ruling on Twitter/X, calling it “naked judicial activism in service of an anti-American, open borders agenda”.
Previous guidance limited arrests at courthouses to circumstances such as national security threats, imminent danger and “hot pursuit” of someone posing a public safety risk, the ruling said. The judge found that the Trump administration failed to provide “reasoned explanations” for rescinding previous policies as required under the Administrative Procedure Act.
“For 80 years, Congress has commanded federal agencies to think before they act,” the judge wrote in his ruling, adding that the law requires “an agency at least provide sound reasons for following its chosen course”.
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Still waiting to hear what Casey Pitts actually plans to do about it.
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Casey Pitts has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
So the bottom line is sinceDonald Trump retook office in January of last year, his administration has ramped up arrests of immigrants suspected of being in the US illegally as part of an aggressive deportation push. Wonder how this will land.
80 years is hard to ignore, no matter which side you are on.
Casey Pitts is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
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Casey Pitts has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.