DENVER — A federal judge in Colorado ruled U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents can only arrest people without a warrant if they believe them to be a flight risk.

The 66-page decision was issued Tuesday by U.S. District Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson.

The ACLU of Colorado, Hans Meyer, and other attorneys brought about the challenge. On Wednesday, Denver7 spoke with Meyer about the decision, which he called an "unmitigated win."

"This is a really important watershed decision here in Colorado, and one of the bigger decisions around immigration that we've seen in the state in the last decade," Meyer told Denver7. "What the judge ruled was that ICE has a pattern and practice of engaging in warrant-less arrests in violation of federal law."

He added, "The violation is tha

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