MASSACHUSETTS prosecutors filed a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking to block the agency from making courthouse arrests of people suspected to be in the country illegally.
The lawsuit represents a growing resistance to courthouse arrests – a practice some lawyers, judges and advocates have harshly criticized – and is the latest tussle between state and federal entities.
The lawsuit seeks to block ICE agents from arresting people for civil immigration violations while they are at courthouses for official business, but it does not seek to bar immigration authorities from arresting criminal defendants in state custody who are brought to court. Just a thought.
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