Attorney General Sessions and President Trump Feel That Courthouses are a Great Place to Arrest Undocumented Immigrants
Southern California Criminal Defense Blog
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents – both in uniform and in plain clothes – have recently made arrests inside of courtrooms or courthouses and just outside of court complexes, according to recent reports. ICE has gone so far as to detain an alleged domestic violence victim who showed up to court.1
In response to these recent events, the California chief justice sent a letter to Donald Trump’s administration asking it to stop ICE agents from “stalking” courthouses to detain undocumented immigrants.
“Enforcement policies that include stalking courthouses and arresting undocumented immigrants, the vast majority of whom pose no risk to public safety, are neither safe nor fair. They not only compromise our core value of fairness but they undermine the judiciary’s ability to provide equal access to justice,” California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said in her letter.
By Wallin & Klarich, A Law Corporation
Source: http://www.southerncaliforniadefenseblog.com/2017/04/attorney-general-sessions-president-trump-feel-courthouses-great-place-arrest-undocumented-immigrants.html
