California, immigration raids
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The court’s temporary restraining order has dealt a blow to the Trump administration’s pledge to carry out mass deportations in the city.
A judge has temporarily blocked federal agencies from conducting immigration enforcement raids in L.A. that have shocked the nation in recent weeks.
A federal judge temporarily halted the administration from making indiscriminate arrests based on race and denying detainees access to lawyers, in a lawsuit that could have national repercussions.
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A federal judge on Friday blocked the Donald Trump administration from carrying out broad immigration raids and arrests in Los Angeles that target individuals solely based on their race, location, language or type of work.
The order bars agents from relying solely on factors such as race/ethnicity, speaking with an accent or being at locations such as bus stops, day laborer sites, car washes or agricultural sites as a basis for detaining people.
The city of Los Angeles and other Southern California municipalities are joining a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration aimed at halting immigration raids that have spread panic among immigrant communities and sparked widespread protests.
San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas lifted the obligation for members of the diocese to celebrate Mass if they had a “genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions.”
California Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez claimed that immigration officers were not targeting MS-13 members or criminals during a recent ICE raid in Los Angeles.