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The Guardian - US
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Kira Lerner and agencies

Judge blocks widespread immigration arrests in DC made without warrants or probable cause

A man with a gun holds another man in handcuffs in front of a police car.
An ICE agent detains a man during a traffic stop in Washington DC on 17 August 2025. Photograph: Alexander Drago/Reuters

A federal judge late on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation’s capital without warrants or probable cause that the person would be an imminent flight risk.

The US district judge Beryl Howell in Washington granted a preliminary injunction sought by civil liberties and immigrants’ rights groups in a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security.

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