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Fed. Judge Rules ICE Can\u2019t Make Arrests at Courthouses in San Francisco Jurisdiction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n A federal judge in San Jose has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to stop making arrests at regional courthouses.<\/a><\/p>\n Immigrant advocates filed a class action lawsuit back in September<\/a> against the Trump Administration over ICE arrests at immigration courts in the Bay Area. The complaint<\/p>\n U.S. District Court Judge, Casey Pitts issued the ruling last week in a class-action lawsuit filed in September that\u00a0 arguing that ICE agents were creating an atmosphere where immigrants were facing arrest for following the law and appearing for their court hearings.<\/p>\n In the ruling, Pitts writes, \u201cNothing in ICE\u2019s courthouse-arrest policies or the case law identified by the government explains the lack of a logical connection between ICE\u2019s rationales and its expansion of civil arrests at immigration courthouses. This, too, likely makes ICE\u2019s courthouse-arrest policies arbitrary and capricious.\u201d<\/p>\n The ruling applies to the jurisdiction of the ICE San Francisco field office<\/a>, which includes courts in Concord, Sacramento, Central California, Hawaii, Guam and Saipan.<\/p>\n California\u2019s Minimum Wage Hits New Heights in 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Starting January 1st, California\u2019s minimum wage is increasing by $0.40 to $16.90 per hour.<\/p>\n The change will apply to people employed in positions like cashiers, farm workers and restaurant servers.<\/p>\n The change will not apply to fast food<\/a> and healthcare<\/a> workers in the state. The minimum wage for those positions was increased past $16.90 because of laws that took effect in 2024.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n