-Source-The Boston Globe-
A federal judge said Monday he may use his authority to order ICE agents in Boston not to arrest and detain immigrants who show up for scheduled visits at government offices.
“I’m inclined tentatively to believe that I have jurisdiction and that a plausible claim has been made” against ICE, US District Court Judge Mark Wolf said Monday. “But that could change.”
Wolf made his equivocal declaration after sparring for hours with lawyers for five immigrants and their spouses who are suing the Department of Homeland Security and attorneys for the Department of Justice.
Wolf stopped short of saying Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Boston had broken the law when it and another federal agency worked together to bring unauthorized immigrants seeking legal residency in for interviews at government offices, only to have those immigrants detained and in some cases deported, according to internal agency communications. Attorneys suing the government said those immigrants could have qualified to stay in the country through a process known as provisional waivers. Read more
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