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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

New York federal judge bans ICE arrests at Manhattan immigration courts

a child cries while surrounded by two other children and law enforcement officers
A child weeps as her father is detained by federal immigration officers at US immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, on 30 June 2025. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Reuters

A federal judge in New York has banned US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting immigrants in or around three federal courthouses in lower Manhattan, where vigorous confrontations have played out since the start of Donald Trump’s second presidency.

Under an order issued on Monday by P Kevin Castel, a US district judge, federal agents are no longer allowed to make arrests of immigrants except under exceptional circumstances at the sites where hearings are held before immigration judges.

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