Justice Dept. Admits Migrant Arrest Mistake

0:00The U.S. Justice Department admitted to a federal judge in New York that it made a mistake by using wrong information from immigration and customs, enforcement to defend migrant arrests at immigration courts. In a court filing this week, prosecutors said they would pull back arguments from the past year that relied on a May 2025 ice memo, outlining reasons for those civil arrests. This came up in an ongoing lawsuit brought by advocacy groups against the courthouse arrest practice. The government learned just days ago that ice never meant for that memo to cover immigration courts specifically, even though they had said otherwise, before, advocacy lawyers called the government's admission extraordinary instead it could have big ripple effects. They pointed out that the judge had denied a temporary block on the policy back in September, partly based on the now retracted claims from the justice department. Even with the air acknowledged, the justice department isn't backing away from the whole case. They asked the judge to revisit and re-brief that September ruling as the lawsuit moves

1:03forward on its merits. This twist highlights ongoing tensions in immigration enforcement, leaving the future of courthouse arrests up in the air while both sides gear up for. More debate. That wraps Toronto News today. Brought to you with AI.