US immigration agents in Oregon are now prohibited from making warrantless arrests, except in cases where an individual is likely to flee, following a federal judge's ruling.
U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai issued a preliminary injunction in a proposed class-action lawsuit. This legal challenge targets the Department of Homeland Security's controversial practice of apprehending immigrants encountered during intensified enforcement operations, a method critics have labelled "arrest first, justify later."
