Overview
- U.S. District Judge Mae D’Agostino dismissed the Justice Department’s challenge to New York’s 2020 Protect Our Courts Act, leaving the statute in place.
- The court rejected the administration’s Supremacy Clause claim and said the suit sought to commandeer state resources for federal immigration enforcement.
- POCA bars civil immigration arrests of people traveling to, attending, or leaving state court proceedings unless agents hold a judicial warrant.
- The ruling also denied federal requests to compel state and local agencies to share information with immigration authorities, calling non-participation permissible.
- New York’s courthouse protections remain in effect as the administration is expected to appeal to the Second Circuit, following months of intensified ICE courthouse operations.