"The coalition of California civil and immigrants' rights organizations behind Pablo Sequen v. Albarran, a class-action lawsuit on behalf of immigrants arrested at immigration courts and detained by ICE, filed motions on Thursday that, if successful, would have a nationwide effect. The motionsseek to invalidate Trump administration policies that discarded decades of precedent by allowing ICE to go to immigration courts and arrest and detain people who were there for routine hearings."
"In June, ICE waived the 12-hour detention limit in temporary holding cells, saying it could hold immigrants up to 72 hours instead. Immigrants arrested in courthouses are kept in small, allegedly "freezing" holding cells until they are transferred to long-term detention centers. Mission Local in August found that those arrested were spending longer and longer in cells inside 630 Sansome St., ICE's headquarters in San Francisco."
A coalition filed motions in Pablo Sequen v. Albarran challenging policies that allowed ICE to arrest and detain immigrants at immigration courthouses and to extend temporary holding-cell detention to 72 hours. The complaint alleges squalid conditions at 630 Sansome St., including overcrowding, lack of blankets, pillows, sanitary products, medical neglect, and barriers to accessing legal counsel. A preliminary injunction required improvements and paused courthouse arrests in Northern California. Courthouse arrests in the area appear to have stopped. Successful motions would make the injunction permanent and extend prohibitions nationwide, reinstating the 12-hour detention limit.
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