{"id":4608,"date":"2026-06-24T08:03:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/06\/24\/federal-judge-blocks-trump-policy-that-allows-immigration-court-arrests\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:03:55","slug":"federal-judge-blocks-trump-policy-that-allows-immigration-court-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=4608","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge blocks Trump policy that allows immigration court arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-14sl0e4\">\n<div class=\"dcr-17l77cs\">\n<figure id=\"1e122df1-1aa8-4284-9399-8dc1109a2ab7\" class=\"dcr-191xnya\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t7hdmw\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"person holds baby while standing in hallway with two other people down the hallway\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0e0a965ee7fdd9843e0dbc5d944cccd50cf0b1d5\/186_0_2550_2040\/master\/2550.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-up96pv\"><span class=\"dcr-kogzpx\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-18mnkpm\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1294qmb\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-4sl2vt\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1mfxiaj\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">A person with a child walks toward ICE agents in the hallway of the US immigration court in New York City,on 18 December 2025.<\/span> Photograph: David Dee Delgado\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-zwabc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"1e122df1-1aa8-4284-9399-8dc1109a2ab7\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-1bitgpn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-1shbixy\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-qda0hp\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1e9iiy9\"><span class=\"dcr-13i4yc9\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">A person with a child walks toward ICE agents in the hallway of the US immigration court in New York City,on 18 December 2025.<\/span> Photograph: David Dee Delgado\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-ql9l8l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-6mja0y\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-l0wuod\">Federal judge blocks Trump policy that allows immigration court arrests<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1xpojbf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1gm5ptv\">\n<p>Judge vacates administrations policies, finding actions of ICE and another government arm \u2018arbitrary and capricious\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-x1al2c\">\n<div class=\"dcr-11gq2tx\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-1w2vkyc\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-ogvvui\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A federal \u2060judge in California vacated the \u2060Trump administration\u2019s \u200bnationwide policies expanding arrests at immigration courthouses and the duration for detaining noncitizens in short-term facilities, finding the actions of US Immigration \u2060and Customs Enforcement and another government arm \u201carbitrary and capricious\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">US district judge P Casey Pitts of the northern district of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/california\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">California<\/a> on Tuesday vacated ICE\u2019s \u2060policies that had rescinded previous strictures on arrests at immigration courthouses and allowed detainees to \u200bbe held in short-term cells for up \u200cto 72 hours. He \u200cdid the same for a similar policy undertaken by the US Department of Justice\u2019s \u200cexecutive office for immigration review that removed limits on courthouse arrests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">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\u2019s immigration enforcement policies. Judge Pitts, appointed by Joe Biden, in effect reinstated Biden-era policies \u200cthat limited arrests at immigration courthouses to narrow circumstances and capped detentions in short-term facilities to 12 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">SinceDonald Trump retook office \u200bin 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The US Department of Homeland Security\u2019s general counsel, James Percival, criticized the ruling on Twitter\/X, calling it \u201cnaked judicial activism in service of \u2060an anti-American, open borders agenda\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Previous guidance limited arrests at courthouses to circumstances such \u200bas national security \u200bthreats, imminent danger and \u201chot pursuit\u201d of someone \u200bposing a public safety risk, the ruling said. The judge found \u200bthat the Trump \u200cadministration failed to provide \u201creasoned \u200bexplanations\u201d for rescinding previous \u200bpolicies as required under the Administrative Procedure Act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cFor 80 years, Congress has commanded federal agencies to think before they act,\u201d the judge wrote in his ruling, adding that the law requires \u201can agency at least provide sound reasons for following its chosen course\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-swayiu\"><span class=\"dcr-1xhbmzr\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-2c03t5\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-p7nd18\">\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/california\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">California<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/west-coast\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">West Coast<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/trump-administration\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/biden-administration\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">Biden administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-r721ee\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-856iwi\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-313bdz\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Federal%20judge%20blocks%20Trump%20policy%20that%20allows%20immigration%20court%20arrests&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jun\/23\/trump-immigration-courthouse-arrest-policy?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-ncybeu\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-19bkree\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fjun%2F23%2Ftrump-immigration-courthouse-arrest-policy&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/jun\/23\/trump-immigration-courthouse-arrest-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-1c41onw\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1pjhtuq\"><span class=\"dcr-1ryr20k\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person with a child walks toward ICE agents in the hallway of the US immigration court in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}