May 18, 2026
A New York federal judge Monday largely barred U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting arrests at three Manhattan immigration courthouses, finding there was no good reason why "unfettered discretion" by ICE officers was better than a policy with arrest limitations.
April 23, 2026
Civil rights groups suing the U.S. government to block immigration courthouse arrests asked a New York federal judge to stay the enforcement of the arrest policy, arguing that government attorneys have retracted their original position on the legality of the arrests.
April 15, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday revived an effort by civil rights groups to block immigration courthouse arrests, citing what he called an apparently deceptive Trump administration move to disclaim its earlier litigation position.
March 26, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice has told a New York federal judge that it mistakenly cited a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo providing guidance for civil immigration arrests at non-immigration courts, while fighting a lawsuit challenging arrests at immigration courts.
January 09, 2026
Two providers of immigration services told a New York federal court this week that the Trump administration has misinterpreted prior U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidance on courthouse arrests, saying extending them to immigration courthouses marks an "unprecedented expansion."
December 04, 2025
Two New York-based nonprofit organizations that provide immigration and settlement services are urging a federal court to halt arrests of noncitizens at immigration courts, while the Trump administration has responded that such arrests are discretionary decisions outside the court's purview.
October 17, 2025
The Trump administration has urged a New York federal judge to find a lawsuit challenging ICE arrests at courthouses moot since the Executive Office for Immigration Review withdrew a May email at the heart of the litigation.
September 24, 2025
The Executive Office for Immigration Review on Tuesday formally withdrew an email from May that became central to litigation challenging immigration courthouse arrests and quick dismissals of removal proceedings, saying the email, although "poorly drafted," was never policy.
September 12, 2025
A New York federal judge on Friday ruled that immigration judges in Manhattan and the Bronx cannot, for now, summarily grant the government's oral motions to dismiss removal cases pursuant to a challenged policy, but refused to suspend immigration courthouse arrests.
August 26, 2025
A former immigration judge said in a new court filing that his assistant chief immigration judge directed him to grant the government's motions to dismiss removal cases, clearing the way for immigration agents to immediately apprehend and detain those leaving court.