"A federal class-action lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and the Department of Justice seeks to put a stop to a policy of detaining immigrants the government previously determined were neither dangerous nor a flight risk. The policy implemented this year allows ICE to detain people, who have not been determined to be a danger to the community or a threat to flee, at check-in appointments and at immigration court."
"After filing a petition for her arrest, Berwanger said the government was asked by U.S. Federal Court Judge Casey Pitts what reason they had to detain Garro Pinchi. "They said, 'nothing. We just think we have discretion to detain her,'" Bernwanger said. "That explains what they have been doing when they sweep people up who have been following the rules and complying with the law and that's what has to stop.""
""It's about what ICE, what police can do and why they can throw someone into jail," Bernwanger said. "We have all seen the images of ICE agents going into immigration courts and grabbing people out of their family's arms for no reason. That is something that should concern us all.""
A federal class-action lawsuit targets a new ICE policy that permits detention of immigrants who were previously found neither dangerous nor a flight risk. The policy, implemented this year, allows ICE to detain people at check-in appointments and during immigration court appearances. The case highlights the July detention of Hayward resident Frescia Garro Pinchi, an asylum seeker from Peru who was taken during a San Francisco immigration hearing. ACLU attorneys say judges asked the government for reasons and were told the agency claimed discretion. The Department of Justice defended the policy in federal court.
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