Federal Judge Bars ICE from Conducting Most Courthouse Arrests and Exceeding 12-Hour Holding Cell Limit

A federal judge vacated ICE Directive 11072.3 and EOIR PM 25-06, which permitted civil arrests in courthouses, and ICE’s 6/24/25 “Nationwide Hold Room Waiver” memo, which allowed ICE to hold people in holding facilities for up to 72 hours. The judge also issued final certification to two classes provisionally certified in November 2025, the Courthouse-Arrest Class (individuals with hearings on EOIR’s non-detained docket in an immigration courthouse in ICE’s San Francisco Field Office Area of Responsibility) and the Detention Class (individuals who are now or will be detained in a holding cell in ICE’s San Francisco Field Office). (Pablo Sequen v. Albarran, 6/23/26)