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 “arbitrary and capricious” and were not properly implemented under federal rulemaking procedures established in the Administrative Procedure Act.