Judge Strikes Down Trump's ICE Courthouse Arrest Policy — Calls It "Arbitrary and Capricious"
U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel has struck down the Trump administration's 2025 policy allowing ICE to make arrests at immigration courts, ruling it was "arbitrary and capricious." Critics of the ruling are already calling for Castel to be impeached.
🚨 U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel has struck down the Trump administration's 2025 policy allowing ICE to make arrests at immigration courts, ruling that the policy was "arbitrary and capricious."
The decision restores the Biden-era 2021 rules, under which courthouse arrests are generally limited to narrower circumstances, such as national security concerns or imminent violence.
The ruling is already drawing calls from critics for Castel to be impeached, while the legal battle over ICE arrests at immigration courts continues.