Federal immigration officials must now have a judicial warrant or order before making arrests inside New York State courthouses, according to a new directive issued April 17 by the Unified Court System.
Immigration-rights advocates, who have called attention to a surge in arrests inside as well as outside state court buildings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel since the start of the Trump Administration, said the new protocol safeguards access to courthouses.
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