A federal California judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop “indiscriminately” detaining people thought to be in the US illegally. The decision came down in a temporary restraining order issued against the government on Friday, which also bars immigration officials from denying individuals access to lawyers. The case was brought in a lawsuit filed by three immigrants, arrested at …
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Federal judge halts indiscriminate immigration stops in Los Angeles and beyond
In a searing ruling against the Trump administration, a federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked federal agents from using racial profiling to carry out indiscriminate immigration arrests that advocates say have terrorized Angelenos, forced people into hiding and damaged the local economy. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, a Biden appointee, was widely hailed by immigrant rights …
Read More »Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles. Immigrant advocacy groups filed the lawsuit last week accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during its ongoing immigration crackdown. The plaintiffs include three detained immigrants and …
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