US EditionUS judge says border officials violated her previous order on warrantless arrests
The ruling says agents detained 12 people without reasonable suspicion and used nearly identical forms to justify the Sacramento sweep.
- On Wednesday, District Judge Jennifer Thurston ruled that Border Patrol agents violated a prior injunction during a July 2025 immigration sweep at a Sacramento Home Depot, detaining individuals without reasonable suspicion.
- The court issued a preliminary injunction last year barring warrantless arrests in California's Central Valley without documenting specific facts and assessing flight risk before detaining individuals.
- Agents used 11 'virtually identical' forms to support detentions in the Sacramento action while redacting names and providing inaccurate reports; Judge Thurston noted one agent cited a 'short foot pursuit' to justify an arrest.
- Attorneys for the government argued the sweep relied on surveillance and 'common knowledge' that workers congregate in Home Depot parking lots, but the judge rejected this justification, finding 'defendants have again detained people without reasonable suspicion for doing so.'
- Citing a 2017 case involving Joe Arpaio, the ruling signals the court's willingness to enforce prior orders against discriminatory enforcement practices, increasing legal pressure on federal authorities to comply with documentation mandates.
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Border officials violated warrantless arrests order: Judge
A federal judge in California ruled Wednesday that federal agents violated a previous court order restricting them from making immigration arrests without a warrant during an enforcement operation in Sacramento last summer. Judge Jennifer Thurston found last April that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents had engaged in a “pattern and practice of warrantless…
US judge says border officials violated her previous order on warrantless arrests
A federal judge in California said on Wednesday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials had violated a previous order from her on warrantless arrests when they carried out an immigration sweep in a Home Depot parking lot in Sacramento.
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