Judge blocks widespread immigration arrests in DC made without warrants or probable cause

Injunction was sought by civil liberties groups in lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security

A federal judge late on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation's capital without warrants or probable cause that the person would be an imminent flight risk.

The US district judge Beryl Howell in Washington granted a preliminary injunction sought by civil liberties and immigrants' rights groups in a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security.