Judge Tells ICE To Stop Playing Minority Report Without A Warrant

KEY POINTS

•Judge Beryl Howell barred federal agents from warrantless civil immigration arrests in D.C. without proving flight risk.
•The ruling slammed the Trump administration for ignoring legal standards, citing 943 such arrests between August 7 and September 9.
•White House set a nationwide goal of 3,000 ICE arrests daily, with Stephen Miller telling agents to 'just arrest' people.
•The decision was praised by immigrant groups who demanded adherence to legal rights despite administration tactics.

In a landmark mic-drop moment, Judge Beryl Howell (aka the 'Law Boss' Obama appointee) slammed ICE’s habit of making warrantless immigration arrests in D.C. without bothering to prove suspects might run, calling out their 'ignoring federal law' like toddlers ignoring nap time. Officials boasted about using a legal standard so low even limbo dancers couldn’t get under it, prompting Judge Howell’s savage 88-page clapback that turned 'don’t believe what we say or do, just trust us now' into the courtroom mantra. Between Aug. 7 and Sept. 9, 943 arrests happened despite a Supreme Court’s let’s-make-it-clear rule, crushing Trump’s 3,000 arrests-per-day dream from Stephen Miller, who basically told agents to 'just go out there and arrest!' Meanwhile, immigrant groups like CASA cheer the ruling calling it a win for rights over recklessness.