US EditionNo ICE Arrests At Bay Area Courthouses, Judge Rules
The injunction restores protections for noncitizens at Northern California immigration courts amid a surge in removal orders in absentia, with ICE citing enforcement benefits.
- U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts on Wednesday blocked ICE and DOJ/EOIR from sweeping civil arrests at immigration courthouses across the San Francisco Area of Responsibility including Concord, Sacramento, and Bakersfield.
- The judge concluded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement changed course earlier this year without reasoned explanation, likely violating the Administrative Procedure Act and chilling noncitizens' attendance.
- Mission Local documented about 130 arrests at the San Francisco and Concord immigration courts since May, and Sequen said `I fled persecution to seek safety, only to find myself arrested in the courthouse`.
- For now the injunction applies only to the San Francisco Area of Responsibility, pausing the policy until a final judgment next year, and the administration said it will appeal to the 9th Circuit.
- The policy reversal earlier this year coincided with a rise in monthly removal in absentia orders and a decline in court appearances, according to court records.
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Judge blocks immigration arrests at courthouses in northern CA
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from making arrests of illegal immigrants at immigration courthouses, adding to restrictions that courts have placed on federal authorities making such arrests. U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts issued a ruling Wednesday finding the 2025 Immigration and Customs Enforcement courthouse arrest policies, which revised federal policy to allow for broader immigration arrests at courthouse, are “arbitra…
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Judge orders halt on ICE courthouse arrests in Northern California
A federal judge in San Jose has ordered a halt to ICE arrests at courthouses, arguing that immigrants are between a rock and a hard place: They face either getting arrested for trying to follow the law, or are not showing up to court and facing automatic deportation.
Los Angeles Times
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
Judge P. Casey Pitts issued a ruling that would block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining immigrants who show up to court hearings in Northern California.
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting migrants appearing for court dates in Northern California
The decision keeps ICE and the DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review from “lying in wait for asylum seekers and other noncitizens at routine hearings throughout the region."
Federal Court Halts Courthouse Immigration Arrests By ICE In The Bay Area
A federal judge has granted a stay on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests at Bay Area courthouses. District Judge Casey Pitts issued the order Wednesday after hearing a class-action lawsuit filed at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in September. The stay means that ICE will not be able to make arrests outside courthouses that fall under ICE’s San Francisco Area of Responsibility, which includes North…
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