Guatemalan asylum-seeker's lawsuit blocks ICE courthouse arrests nationwide
Jun 23, 2026·Location: San Francisco, CA
Country of origin: Guatemala

A federal judge in San Francisco ruled that Trump administration policies authorizing widespread civil immigration arrests at courthouses and allowing migrants to be held in short-term detention cells for up to three days violate the Administrative Procedure Act. The decision vacates the policies on a nationwide basis. The lawsuit was brought by Carmen Aracely Pablo Sequen, a Guatemalan asylum-seeker whom ICE arrested as she was leaving a routine hearing at the San Francisco immigration court.
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- ICE Courthouse Arrests Blocked Nationwide by California Judge
news.bloomberglaw.com·Jun 23, 2026·archived copy
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