An appeals court grilled the federal government on its claim the US Marshals Service can detain people appearing in the city’s local courthouse for suspected immigration violations.
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments on Thursday in a class action brought by individuals charged in superior court. After being released by a judge, they were detained by the marshals and then turned over to immigration authorities.
Judge Justin Walker questioned the government’s claim that even if marshals couldn’t legally detain those people, they weren’t irreparably harmed since they could’ve been detained by ...
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