A federal judge with the U.S.District Court for the Central District of California issued a preliminary injunction to block the U.S.
government from conducting warrantless civil immigration arrests in the district unless the arrestee is deemed likely to escape before a warrant can be procured."Defendants are enjoined from enforcing their policy and practice of making warrantless civil immigration arrests in this District without a prearrest individualized determination by the arresting agent or officer of probable cause that the person being arrested is likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained, as required by 8 U.S.C.1357(a)(2) and 8 C.F.R.
§ 287.8(c)(2)," the order signed by U.S.District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong reads, in part.Frimpong was nominated by former President Joe Biden during his White House tenure.EXCLUSIVE: 25 YEARS AFTER 9/11, ICE SAYS MORE THAN 2K KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS HAVE BEEN DEPORTEDImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk a detainee out of the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, Calif., on July 27, 2026.
(Blake Fagan / AFP via Getty Images)"Mere presence within the United States in violation of United States immigration law is not, by itself, sufficient to conclude that a person is likely to escape before a warrant for arrest can be obtained," the judge's order notes.The U.S.District Court for the Central District of California encompasses the following counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.ANGEL DAD REBUKES DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS OVER SANCTUARY POLICIES AFTER DAUGHTER KILLED BY TWICE-DEPORTED FELONThe badge of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent is seen as they patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K.
Javits Federal Building on June 9, 2025, in New York City.(Michael M.
Santiago/Getty Images)"This ruling is one of the most important decisions to date in the community’s effort to end the federal...