NY Ban on Migrant Arrests in Courts Survives Trump Challenge

A federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s request to strike down a New York law prohibiting immigration agents from making arrests at or near state courthouses.

The judge also dismissed the administration’s move to force state law enforcement agencies to share information with federal agents in their pursuit of undocumented immigrants.

In her 41-page ruling Monday, US District Judge Mae D’Agostino in Albany concluded that the federal government’s lawsuit was an improper attempt by the administration “to commandeer New York’s resources to aid in federal immigration efforts.”

The ruling marks another setback for President Donald Trump and his effort to ...