Judge restricts warrantless ICE arrests in Oregon, finding threat of ‘severe harm’
A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction barring federal immigration officers from making warrantless arrests without finding that a person represents a risk of escaping or fleeing.
U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai made the ruling from the bench at the end of a daylong hearing in federal court in Portland.
With the order, Oregon joins Washington, D.C., and Colorado in restricting the practice.
“There is ample evidence that establishes there’s a pattern…
