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U.S. Justice Department blames ICE for error in immigration lawsuit
· Toronto Sun
The U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge in New York that it erred by relying on incorrect information provided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to justify arrests at immigration courts.
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In a court filing Tuesday, the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan said it would withdraw arguments it made over the last year defending civil migrant arrests at courthouses that were based on a May 2025 ICE memo.
The court filing was made during an ongoing lawsuit filed by advocacy groups challenging such arrests at immigration courts.
In a letter addressed to U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel, the U.S. attorney’s office said ICE told them in the past that the memo — which offers the agency’s rationale for civil arrests of migrants at courthouses — applied to immigration courts. But they learned this week that the agency was now saying that it did not and never had.
“We deeply regret that this error has come to light at this late stage after the parties have expended significant resources and time to litigate this case and this court has carefully considered plaintiffs’ challenge to the 2025 ICE guidance,” Justice Department lawyers said in the letter.
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Lawyers representing advocacy groups challenging the immigration court arrests told the judge in a letter on Wednesday that the “extraordinary” admission by the government could have “far-reaching” consequences. They said that the judge relied on the government’s now-retracted representations in denying a request to temporarily block the policy in September while the case went forward.
While acknowledging the error from the ICE memo, the Justice Department lawyers said in the letter that the government isn’t dropping its defence against the lawsuit altogether.
Justice Department lawyers said that the judge’s September decision “will need to be reconsidered and re-briefed” as the judge weighs the merits of the fight.
— with files from Bloomberg