An appeals court is scrutinizing the authority of the US Marshals Service to detain individuals for suspected immigration violations within the jurisdiction of Washington, D.C. Specifically, the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is evaluating a class action lawsuit challenging the Marshals’ powers to arrest people appearing before the city’s superior court who, after release by a judge, were subsequently detained and handed over to immigration authorities.
During the proceedings, Judge Justin Walker posed critical questions regarding the federal government’s assertion that the Marshals possess such detention powers. The government has argued that even if the detentions were not lawful, the individuals in question did not suffer irreparable harm as they could have been detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents instead.
For more details on this ongoing legal dispute, read the full article on Bloomberg Law.