A federal judge has upheld a New York state law that largely bans immigration arrests at state and local courthouses, dismissing a Trump administration’s lawsuit challenging the rule.

The law, called the “Protect Our Courts Act,” was passed in 2020, during President Donald Trump’s first term in office. It bans law enforcement officers from making civil arrests of people attending, leaving or going to court proceedings as a parties or witnesses to cases, unless judicial warrants or orders authorize the arrests. The law also protects family and household members of people attending court proceedings.

The dismissal marks a defeat in the Trump administration’s efforts to limit so-called sanctuary laws that limit ICE enforcement and cooperation between ICE and local governments. It comes afte

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