Yes.
In May 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were reportedly stationed in and outside of courthouses nationwide, including in Arizona.
During Trump’s second term, the Department of Homeland Security and ICE issued new guidelines allowing officers to arrest migrants in areas previously considered off-limits for immigration enforcement—like courthouses—when they believe a suspect will be there.
In a statement to local media, an ICE spokesperson said the migrants will be subject to expedited removal, a process that bypasses standard procedures like deportation hearings and judicial review. Historically applied to undocumented migrants apprehended at or near the border, expedited removal was recently expanded by the Trump administration to apply to nearly all undocumented migrants unable to prove two years of continuous U.S. residency. That expansion is being challenged in court.
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Sources
- Associated Press, ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Protected Areas and Courthouse Arrests
- Arizona Family, Dept. of Homeland Security responds to ICE agents arresting migrants at Phoenix court
- The White House, Protecting the American People Against Invasion
- Federal Register, Designating Aliens for Expedited Removal
- Congressional Research Service, Expedited Removal of Aliens: An Introduction
- American Civil Liberties Union, Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Fast-Track Deportation Policy
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