Judge Tosses DOJ Lawsuit, Upholds NY State Law Curbing ICE Arrests in Courthouses

A federal judge in Albany dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit against New York over state laws curtailing civil immigration arrests in courthouses, dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda. The 41-page ruling, written by U.S. District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino and issued Nov. 17, affirmed New York’s Protect Our Courts Act (POCA) in addition to Executive Orders 170 and 170.1, throwing out claims of federal immunity and intergovernmental immunity violations. The lawsuit, which was filed in June, argued the laws violated the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause, which states that federal law supersedes conflicting state laws....