In Massive Win for Immigrants, Federal Judge Blocks Immigration & Customs Enforcement's From Making Arrests at NY Courthouses
June 11, 2020
June 11, 2020
NEW YORK, June 11 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following news release:
Judge Jed S. Rakoff, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, declared Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) policy of courthouse arrests to be illegal and enjoined ICE from making arrests of anyone on the grounds of New York State courthouses or of anyone required to travel to a courthouse as a party or witness to a lawsuit.
Judge Rakoff's declarati . . .
Judge Jed S. Rakoff, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, declared Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) policy of courthouse arrests to be illegal and enjoined ICE from making arrests of anyone on the grounds of New York State courthouses or of anyone required to travel to a courthouse as a party or witness to a lawsuit.
Judge Rakoff's declarati . . .