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A Common-Law Privilege To Protect State and Local Courts During the Crimmigration Crisis

Christopher N. Lasch

Under the Trump presidency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been making immigration arrests in state and local courthouses. ICE’s refusal to stop these arrests raises the question: can anything more be done to stop these courthouse arrests? A common-law doctrine, the “privile…