June 25, 2026: A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the Trump administration’s policies allowing immigration agents to arrest non-U.S. citizens at immigration courthouses around the country, saying the Department of Justice failed to provide “reasoned explanations” for the policies.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can no longer detain noncitizens or arrests at immigration courts under Trump administration implemented new policies via executive order last year that drastically increased the number of courthouse arrests.
The ruling strikes a major blow to the president’s mass deportation campaign, which was facilitated in part by the removal of certain limitations on ICE’s enforcement tactics. Those changes have led to a sharp rise in arrests at immigration courts, where people facing deportation attend proceedings, often pursuing lawful status.
Immigration Attorney Gail Seeram stands by the decision of U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts, who stated. “When a judge sentences a defendant, the defendant is taken into custody. If an alien is ordered removed by an immigration judge, the same should happen,” – meaning aliens or respondents in immigration court should not be arrested when appearing in immigration court and their due process right for a fair hearing is taken away when taken into ICE custody. If and when alien is ordered removed by immigration judge then ICE may or may not take alien into custody.
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