A federal judge in California is extending a nationwide injunction that bars Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting people in immigration courthouses and that restores a roughly 12-hour limit on short-term holds.U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts rules that the agency and the Executive Office for Immigration Review acted arbitrarily and capriciously and violated the Administrative Procedure Act, and finds the expanded detention practices raised Fifth Amendment concerns.The opinion reinstates Biden-era restrictions that allow arrests in courthouses only for narrow national security or imminent-danger cases and rejects the Trump administration’s broader enforcement rollout that removed limits at sensitive sites.The Department of Homeland Security criticized the decision, General Counsel
James Percival called it "naked judicial activism," and officials including
Ron DeSantis say the ruling hampers immigration enforcement as the administration prepares to appeal.