June 24 (UPI) -- A California federal judge issued a nationwide block against the government policy of arresting people at immigration courts and detaining them for more than 12 hours in short-term facilities.

A judge on Tuesday barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, ordering an end to a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year. The Trump administration's reversal of long-standing policy against arrests at immigration court resulted “not from merely unreasoned decision-making…

A judge has barred the federal government from making arrests at immigration courts, a practice that took hold shortly after President Donald Trump took office last year.

A federal judge has issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration's policy of making arrests at immigration courts, ruling the practice was "arbitrary and capricious."

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can no longer arrest undocumented immigrants at courthouses solely for civil immigration violations under an order issued Tuesday by a federal judge in San Jose.

Federal judge strikes down Trump administration ICE policies on courthouse arrests and extended detention, citing lack of reasoned explanation.