Judge Denies Lawmaker Bid to Block Revived ICE Visit Limits (1)

A Washington federal judge refused to block, for now, a revived Trump administration policy that limits congressional access to immigration detention facilities, rejecting claims by House Democrats that the restrictions violated her earlier court order.

Judge Jia Cobb of the US District Court for the District of Columbia found Monday the lawmakers hadn’t correctly challenged US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s reinstated visitation requirement, issued in a Jan. 8 memo.

Cobb explained the memo represents a new policy that isn’t covered by her ruling last month, and she invited the lawmakers to update their lawsuit or file a supplemental pleading. ...