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…

Western University of Health Sciences Lebanon Oregon