Judge Conley in Wisconsin has some questions about why ICE detained the nursing mother of a six-month-old despite a policy that generally forbids it.
This has come up in a handful of court cases brought by detainees. And a DOJ lawyer once told a judge that the policy against detaining pregnant/nursing mothers had been revoked by President Trump's Day One executive orders. But the administration won't say if that' was accurate.
MEANWHILE: Judges across the country continue rejecting the 5th circuit's view of ICE's detention authority. Here is Indiana-based Trump appointee Damon Leichty.
A judge in New York has ordered the immediate release of a Chinese woman who has lived in the United States for 20 years and was abruptly detained Monday despite pending applications for legal status, a U.S. citizen son, and a minor child with medical needs.
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