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Federal Judge Blocks Authorities from Making Immigration Arrests in Mass. Courts

HeadlineJun 21, 2019

A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked federal authorities from making immigration arrests inside the state’s courthouses. This comes two months after federal prosecutors charged a Massachusetts state judge and a former court officer with obstruction of justice for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade ICE agents at a district courthouse in the city of Newton.

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