New York federal judge bans ICE arrests at Manhattan immigration courts

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 …