Judge Beryl Howell issued a major opinion on Tuesday limiting the warrantless arrests taking place in the District of Columbia.

Federal judge limits Trump administration's ability to carry out immigration arrests in Washington D.C., requiring probable cause and documentation.

Beryl Howell limited D.C. immigration arrests, ruling ICE must show probable cause and flight risk before making warrantless civil arrests.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C., without probable cause that the target is a flight risk.

"Here, plaintiffs have been arrested and detained for periods ranging from hours to weeks," U.S. District Senior Judge Beryl A. Howell wrote in a preliminary injunction decision that temporarily blocks the Trump administration from making warrantless civil immigration arrests without probable cause in Washington,

United States District Judge Beryl A. Howell said the Department of Homeland Security’s own statements about its policy and practice reveal an “abandonment of the probable cause standard.”

U.S. Institute of Peace employees hold an impromptu celebration on the steps of the U.S. Institute of Peace, Monday, May 19, 2025, in Washington, after federal district Judge Beryl A. Howell blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with ...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The chief judge of the federal court in Washington scorched Capitol riot suspects during a hearing on Thursday, calling their actions an assault on American democracy and ruling that a man who had bragged about putting his feet on a desk ...