Activists sue over ICE arrests at immigration courts in latest bid to restrict enforcement

Published July 17, 2025 2:40pm ET



Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s arrests of illegal immigrants at courthouses have caused an uproar among left-wing activists, and now a coalition of groups has sued the Trump administration seeking to halt the practice.

The class action lawsuit filed by left-wing immigration groups in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia claims the Justice Department and ICE have coordinated to arrest noncitizens at immigration courts in what they describe as a violation of the noncitizens’ rights under immigration law and the Fifth Amendment.

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