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politics1d ago
Judge blocks ICE from making warrantless arrests in DC without flight-risk proof
- A federal judge blocked warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C., unless warrants are obtained or probable cause of flight risk is shown.
- Judge Howell ordered agents to document specific facts supporting pre-arrest probable cause in DC operations.
- The ruling cites a substantial likelihood of unlawful policy and practice in warrantless arrests without probable cause.
- The decision follows civil liberties and immigrants' rights groups' lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security.
- The ruling echoes similar restrictions in Colorado and California in related cases.
- The Immigration and Nationality Act allows warrantless arrests with probable cause or flight risk, per the judge’s interpretation.
- ACLU and civil liberties groups led the challenge against DHS policy in federal court.
- The judge’s order requires documentation of pre-arrest probable cause in DC operations.
- The ruling emphasizes compliance with immigration law and DHS regulations.
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