Federal Judge Poised to Restrict Immigration Arrest Tactics in Los Angeles Raids
The tentative ruling would require agents to show a likely escape risk before arresting people without warrants, a standard plaintiffs say protects due process rights.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong indicated she is likely to order immigration agents to stop warrantless arrests unless they determine a target is likely to escape.
- The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups filed this lawsuit, alleging federal agents routinely disregard the legal requirement to establish both unlawful presence and flight risk before conducting arrests.
- Attorneys analyzed 113 arrest narratives, finding nearly 80% lacked escape-risk assessments or relied on boilerplate language, often equating a person's undocumented status with flight risk.
- The court's potential order would require agents to obtain individualized, pre-arrest probable cause determinations of flight risk for 19 million regional residents, despite Department of Justice official Daniel Mummolo urging denial.
- If finalized, Frimpong would be the fifth federal judge to block these warrantless arrest practices, impacting President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign across the Central District of California.
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Times of India'Agents didn't even ask a basic question': Judge moves to crackdown on ICE arrest tactics
A California federal judge on Thursday signaled that she is likely to order immigration agents to stop arresting people without warrants unless they determine they are likely to escape.In a tentative ruling, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong appeared inclined to grant a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Southern California. By law, before making civil immigration arrests…
Wacko Judge Considers Stopping Warrantless Arrest Of Illegals
She may be black, but, she’s definitely an AWFL Federal judge poised to restrict immigration arrest tactics in Los Angeles raids A judge on Thursday indicated that she’s inclined to order federal immigration agents to stop arresting people without warrants in Los Angeles if they haven’t assessed their flight risk. If she grants the order,...
LA federal judge leans toward restricting feds from carrying out warrantless arrests
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Federal judge signals a halt to warrantless immigration arrests in SoCal unless person is likely to escape
A California federal judge signaled Thursday that she is likely to order immigration agents to stop arresting people without warrants unless they determine they are likely to escape.
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Federal judge poised to restrict immigration arrest tactics in Los Angeles raids
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A judge on Thursday indicated that she’s inclined to order federal immigration agents to stop arresting people without warrants in Los Angeles if they haven’t assessed their flight risk. If she grants the order, it would be one of the most significant so […]
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