Washington joins coalition supporting challenge to unlawful immigration arrests

Washington joins coalition supporting challenge to unlawful immigration arrests FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct 21 2026 atgSamBlobaum Wed, 10/21/2026 - 10:10 Attorney General Nick Brown joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of litigation challenging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) policy and practice of conducting unlawful warrantless civil immigration arrests. Under federal law, immigration officers conducting warrantless civil immigration arrests must have probable cause to believe that an individual is unlawfully present in the United States and is likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained. However, DHS officers routinely carry out warrantless arrests without determining if the individual is an escape risk. The brief highlights the widespread harms that unlawful immigration enforcement practices have inflicted on communities across the country, including in Washington. “The Bill of Rights protects the public from unlawful search and seizure, but the administration treats our constitutional protections as optional rather than bedrock requirements,” Brown said. “C

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