Cases of arrest’s at hearings, Trump reprisals, lawmakers access to ICE facilities and Garcia deportation have been ruled AGAINST ICE in the last few weeks….
FEDERAL JUDGE HALTS ICE COURTHOUSE ARRESTS
On Wednesday, June 10, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York declared that ICE’s policy of making civil immigration arrests at New York State courthouses is illegal. The court’s ruling, in a lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney General and the Brooklyn District Attorney, prohibits ICE from conducting any civil arrests in or around New York State courthouses, as well as from making any such arrests of people who are required to travel to a state courthouse as a party or witness to a lawsuit.
NYLPI and 44 other organizations submitted an amicus curiae brief detailing the deleterious effects that ICE’s courthouse-arrest policy has had on the New York State court system and immigrants’ access to justice. Citing the amicus brief, which was authored by the Immigrant Defense Project, the court recognized that there is substantial evidence that ICE’s policy has had a significant chilling effect on immigrants’ ability to access the courts. With the court’s ruling, New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, should be able to participate in the judicial system and exercise their rights without fear of being detained by ICE….
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Judge blocks deportation of UK man targeted by Trump administration
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from deporting a British man who was recently placed on a visa ban after U.S. officials accused him and four other Europeans of online censorship.
Center for Countering Digital Hate CEO Imran Ahmed filed a complaint Thursday against Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi to prevent “the imminent prospect of unconstitutional arrest,” the lawsuit reads.
“The government’s actions are the latest in a string of escalating and unjustifiable assaults on the First Amendment and other rights, one that cannot stand basic legal scrutiny,” it continues. “Simply put, immigration enforcement—here, immigration detention and threatened deportation — may not be used as a tool to punish noncitizen speakers who express views disfavored by the current administration.”
The suit adds that Ahmed is a lawful permanent resident with a wife and son who are U.S. citizens….
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration policies limiting lawmakers’ access to ICE facilities
A federal judge in the nation’s capital has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing policies limiting Congress members’ access to immigration detention facilities.
The judge ruled on Wednesday that it is likely illegal for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to demand a week’s notice from members of Congress seeking to visit and observe conditions in ICE facilities.
U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, who was nominated to the bench by Democratic President Joe Biden, concluded that the seven-day notice requirement likely exceeds the Department of Homeland Security’s statutory authority.
“Plaintiffs have an interest in facts about whether facilities are overcrowded or unsanitary, whether the staff is engaging in abuse, or the location of constituents or their family members,” the judge wrote…..
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Judge blocks ICE from re-detaining Abrego Garcia – but signals ruling could come fast
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Monday extended a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from immediately re-detaining Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, after the government again failed to produce a final removal order.
Xinis agreed to keep in place the TRO she issued earlier this month, which ordered Abrego Garcia’s release from ICE custody and blocked immigration authorities from immediately re-detaining him.
The extension granted Monday rested on the court’s earlier determination that ICE had not obtained a final court order needed to remove Abrego Garcia from the U.S. Without that removal order, Xinis said, Abrego Garcia could not remain detained in immigration custody….
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