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“Trump administration lifts courthouse raid ban, testing California’s sanctuary law”

January 24, 2025

Malcolm Maclachlan has an extended report in today’s Daily Journal that begins:

“California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero told reporters last week that she would not ‘pick a fight’ with the new administration of President Donald Trump. But Trump may have just picked one with her.

“On Wednesday, the administration lifted a ban on conducting immigration enforcement raids in courthouses, schools and other ‘sensitive areas’ where they had been barred under President Joe Biden’s administration. If Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials follow through and begin entering state courthouses, it would effectively cross a line Guerrero laid out during her annual sit-down meeting with reporters on Jan. 16.”

The article says that the Chief Justice declined to comment yesterday.

Related:

Chief Justice pledges to protect court access against disruptive federal immigration actions and addresses a wide range of other issues at her annual meeting with the media

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