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ICE agents can’t make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there’s a risk of escape, US judge rules
Judge Kasubhai's ruling requires ICE to document warrantless arrests and individual flight-risk findings, granting class-action status to protect Oregonians from sweeping enforcement, based on extensive evidence.
- U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there is a risk of escape.
- Kasubhai granted class-action status to a lawsuit filed by Cruz Gomez and M-J-M-A, allowing them to represent all Oregonians at risk of warrantless arrest by ICE without an assessment of flight risk.
- Cruz Gomez testified about the trauma caused by his warrantless arrest and detention, saying, 'We went three weeks without even opening the door to the house because of the fear we were feeling.
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Federal judge rules ICE cannot make warrantless arrests in Oregon
In a decision that redefines the limits of federal immigration power in Oregon, Federal Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents may not make arrests without a warrant unless they determine, on a case-by-case basis, that there is a likelihood of escape. The judge described the agents’ practices as “violent and brutal” and warned that they continue to cause “great, significant, and severe” harm to indi…
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newportnewstimes.comFederal judge blocks immigration agents from making warrantless arrests in Oregon
U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai said the plaintiffs show a likelihood of succeeding on the merits of their claim. (Getty Images)A federal judge on Wednesday issued a ruling blocking federal immigration agents from making warrantless arrests in Oregon, joining Washington D.C. and Colorado with similar rules in place. The decision is based on M-J-M-A v. Wamsley, a lawsuit the Portland-based Innovation Law Lab filed late last year against f…
A federal judge, by way of a preliminary order, intimates the ICE to no longer make arrests without a warrant, in the context of a class action.
U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless there is a possibility of escape, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. District federal judge Mustafa Kasubhai issued a preliminary court order in a class action motion against the Department of Homeland Security's practice of arresting immigrants he encounters while conducting intensified control operations, which critics have described as "arrest first, justifi…
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