All articles tagged with #warrantless arrests
A U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai blocked ICE from making warrantless arrests in Oregon, ruling that due process requires warrants and an individualized risk assessment; the class-action suit led by Innovation Law Lab argues arrests were conducted under quotas and targeted people on their way to work, mirroring similar restrictions in Washington, D.C., and Colorado.
A federal judge in Oregon issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting ICE from arresting people in the state without warrants unless there’s a likelihood of escape, ruling in a class-action challenge to DHS enforcement practices. The decision followed evidence that agents conducted immigration sweeps and detained individuals—sometimes on private property—without warrants or escape-risk determinations, including testimony from a plaintiff who was held for weeks despite a valid work permit, and a ruling underscoring the need for restraint and due process in immigration enforcement.
A judge in DC has limited the use of warrantless immigration arrests by the Department of Homeland Security, emphasizing that such arrests require probable cause and criticizing DHS officials' public statements suggesting a lower standard of suspicion.
A federal judge in Chicago plans to release hundreds of immigrants detained during Operation Midway Blitz on bond, citing violations of a 2022 consent decree that restricts warrantless immigration arrests, and highlighting that most arrests targeted non-criminal individuals in everyday settings, raising concerns about the legality of ICE's enforcement tactics.