Overview

• On May 29 in Los Angeles, ICE agents detained the family immediately after a judge dismissed their removal case under a May 27 memo reinstating courthouse arrests.
• Civil rights groups sued on behalf of the mother and her two children, arguing that seizing asylum seekers at courthouses violates their Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights.
• A federal court granted their release on July 2, and the mother and her two children have moved into a South Texas shelter as they await further asylum proceedings.
• Advocates highlight that the boy’s acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment was disrupted during six weeks of detention, posing serious health risks.
• Legal experts say the outcome may influence nationwide challenges to ICE’s expanded courthouse arrest policy under current enforcement directives.