A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday barred U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from carrying out a Trump administration policy of arresting undocumented immigrants in and around state courthouses.

The ruling, from U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York, came as a win for New York Attorney General Letitia James and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, who had argued that the ICE policy had a chilling effect on the ability of immigrants to participate in the justice system and on the courts’ ability to administer justice.

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