It's come out now, almost a year later, that they never had the authority for these arrests. Just like we were saying, A federal court judge, Judge Castell, ordered them to stop and noted that they never had that authority. but at the time there, they were doing it. So a number of immigration legal services groups asked folks to show up and bear witness, let people know their rights, accompany people out of the building. (04:21–04:28)
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Asserts that Judge Castell ordered ICE to stop arrests and noted they lacked authority.
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