Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Policy Allowing Arrests at Immigration Courts

The judge said that ICE has failed to provide ‘reasoned explanations’ for such arrests at immigration courthouses.

The entrance to the San Francisco Immigration Court location at 100 Montgomery St. in San Francisco on May 9, 2026. Lear Zhou/The Epoch Times

A federal judge in California on June 23 vacated the Trump administration’s policy for federal agents to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses across the nation.

In a 71-page ruling, U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts voided the policy, concluding that it was “arbitrary and capricious,” in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.