A federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration's policy of making arrests at immigration courts, ruling the practice was "arbitrary and capricious."

A federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration's policy of making arrests at immigration courts, ruling the practice was "arbitrary and capricious."

June 24 (UPI) -- A California federal judge issued a nationwide block against the government policy of arresting people at immigration courts and detaining them for more than 12 hours in short-term facilities.

A judge on Tuesday barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, ordering an end to a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year. The Trump administration's reversal of long-standing policy against arrests at immigration court resulted “not from merely unreasoned decision-making…

A judge has barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year.