The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday defended its policy of having Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest people at their immigration court hearings after a class-action lawsuit was filed that seeks to stop the practice.

A group of immigrants and civil rights groups is suing the Trump administration in an effort to halt arrests at United States courthouses when defendants appear for immigration proceedings. The post 'Authoritarian takeover of the US immigration court system': Trump admin sued over courthouse 'trap' arrests by ICE first appeared on Law & Crime.

A class-action lawsuit seeks to stop ICE officers from arresting migrants who appear at immigration courts and placing them on a fast-track to deportation.