New Delhi, June 24 -- A California federal judge on Tuesday (local time) issued a nationwide injunction blocking the US President Donald Trump administration's policy of carrying out arrests at immigration courts, ending a practice that had gained national attention.

The ruling comes roughly a year after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) started detaining migrants in courthouse hallways across the country, sometimes moments before they pleaded their cases, CNN reported. The move raised alarms among attorneys and advocates who noted that the practice was now turning immigration courts from places of due process into areas of fear and punishing those who were following the rules.

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