U.S. Homeland Security Department

A judge barred the federal government from making immigration arrests at courthouses nationwide, citing inadequate justification for the policy shift under the Administrative Procedure Act. The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts, reverses a Trump-era practice and follows a similar order in New York.

A judge barred the federal government from making immigration arrests at courthouses, citing a lack of justification for the Trump administration's policy reversal. The ruling, nationwide in scope, criticized the policy's 'chilling effect' on court attendance and cited the Administrative Procedure Act. The Homeland Security Department's general counsel condemned the decision as judicial overreach.