Trending Now - Federal Judge Orders ICE in Colorado to Revise Arrest Protocols
WHO:
ABC News - U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson
The Colorado Sun - Caroline Dias Goncalves, a 19-year-old University of Utah student
The Colorado Sun - Dionisio Castillo, a 53-year-old undocumented immigrant
The Colorado Sun - American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, Meyer Law Office, Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray LLC
WHAT:
ABC News - A federal judge ruled that immigration officers in Colorado violated an order limiting warrantless arrests.
The Colorado Sun - ICE must retrain its arresting officers in Colorado and improve documentation of warrantless arrests.
The Colorado Sun - ICE must pay for the attorneys' fees of immigrants it unlawfully arrested.
The Colorado Sun - Jackson found that ICE agents continued to make warrantless arrests without proper probable cause determinations.
The Colorado Sun - Jackson's ruling stated, “The Court finds that defendants have materially violated the Court’s (preliminary injunction) Order.”
WHERE:
ABC News - Colorado
The Colorado Sun - ICE detention center in Aurora, Colorado
The Colorado Sun - Fruita, Colorado
WHEN:
The Colorado Sun - The ruling was issued on a Tuesday.
The Colorado Sun - ICE must develop a complaint training program within the next two weeks.
The Colorado Sun - ICE must train every immigration officer within 45 days.
The Colorado Sun - Jackson issued a preliminary injunction in November.
WHY:
The Colorado Sun - The ruling is part of an effort by immigration lawyers to challenge the Trump administration’s mass deportation policy.
The Colorado Sun - Lawyers alleged that ICE agents were unlawfully arresting people in Colorado.
HOW:
The Colorado Sun - ICE agents admitted at a March hearing that they had not received training on complying with the court’s order.
The Colorado Sun - Jackson stated that ICE’s training efforts have been “insufficient” and that officers have “an inadequate understanding of their obligations.”
(UPDATED May 13, 2026 09:49 UTC)
A federal judge in Colorado has ruled that immigration officers violated a court order limiting warrantless arrests, finding that ICE agents continued to make such arrests without proper probable cause. As part of the ruling, ICE must retrain its officers within 45 days and develop a complaint training program within the next two weeks, while also covering the attorneys' fees for immigrants who were unlawfully arrested. This decision is part of a broader challenge by immigration lawyers against the mass deportation policies implemented during the Trump administration.