Sen. Eloise Gómez Reyes introduced legislation to protect Californians from indiscriminate arrests by federal immigration agents in and around courthouse grounds, a tactic critics say undermines public safety and access to justice.
The Trump administration made more than 3,000 arrests in Colorado, a figure more than four times the number recorded during the same period in the final year of the Biden administration, according to data compiled by Sentinel.
ICE is making more than 1,000 arrests per day nationwide, with nearly half of those arrests occurring inside local jails and other lockups, revealing that the front lines of immigration enforcement are deeply tied to decisions made by governors, sheriffs and local police departments.
A federal judge has issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from arresting immigrants in Washington, D.C. without a warrant or probable cause, following a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and CASA.
The Trump administration is inflicting unprecedented violence and cruelty on immigrants, with ICE officers making violent courthouse arrests and detaining people with valid legal status for weeks, while legal service providers struggle to protect their clients in an arena with nearly no rules.