New courthouse rule aims to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests
Marion County Courthouse (File/Salem Reporter)
Citing a need to protect the integrity of the judicial system, Oregon’s top judge adopted a rule Thursday intended to restrict the ability of federal immigration agents from making arrests in the state’s courthouses. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already questioned the state’s authority to enact the rule.
The rule was made in response to reports of ICE agents making arrests in or near state courthouses as part of…
