Washington/New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- Nearly a month after law enforcement officials in the US recced gurdwaras in New York and New Jersey to hunt for illegal immigrants, a federal judge in Maryland blocked the Trump administration from carrying out immigration enforcement actions at certain places of worship, including for Sikhs.
The federal judge on Monday issued the directive following lawsuits by the Quakers, Cooperative Baptists and Sikhs, challenging President Trump's unwinding of a Biden-era memo that barred immigration arrests at certain protected locations.
US District Judge Theodore Chuang granted a request for a narrow preliminary injunction sought by the religious groups as they pursue their challenge to President Trump's directive...