A group of state lawmakers is calling on Connecticut’s Chief Justice to issue an order banning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from arresting or detaining people in the state’s courthouses.

A group of 21 Democratic Senators, including Sen. Martin Looney, D-New Haven, the Senate Majority Leader, and Sen. Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, the Deputy Majority Leader, sent a letter on Wednesday to Chief Justice Raheem Mullins asking for tighter protections.

Specifically, they asked that Mullins issue an order similar to one the United States District Courts in Connecticut issued in early August banning federal immigration officers from arresting people anywhere in courthouses where judicial proceedings are taking place.

The senators said their request came in light of an arrest in Stamfor

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