California judge holds Homeland Security in contempt in case over LA immigration sweeps
Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong said 885 officers reported using personal phones in the immigration operations and ordered fines until the government complies.
- A California federal judge held the Trump Administration in civil contempt for violating a court order requiring forensic imaging of cell phones used by agents at 15 immigration operations, ordering $500 daily fines.
- The order stems from a class action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, where Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym mandated in January that the government forensically image any cell phones used by agents during specific operations.
- Justice Department lawyer Jonathan Robbins reported that although 88 agents consented to imaging, none had been imaged by the hearing date, while government phones were processed at only three every two weeks.
- On Tuesday, a Justice Department lawyer filed notice that the government submitted a $3,500 payment following Frimpong's criticism that "We're not going to wait forever" after a four-month delay.
- A UFW Foundation survey of 2,250 farmworkers revealed that more than 90% fear detention and deportation, illustrating the climate of anxiety amid escalating federal enforcement operations across California.
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California judge holds Homeland Security in contempt in case over LA immigration sweeps
A federal judge on Tuesday held the Department of Homeland Security in contempt for allegedly slow-rolling an order to create digital copies of communications from personal cell phones used by immigration agents during operations in the Los Angeles area last year.
Federal judge holds government in civil contempt for not imaging immigration agents' personal phones
In a newly unsealed order, a California federal judge held the government in civil contempt for violating a court order requiring it to forensically image any cell phone used by agents present at more than a dozen identified immigration operations
Judge holds Trump administration in contempt over failure to produce documents on ICE surge in L.A.
The Trump administration said Tuesday it paid a $3,500 fine for being in contempt of court after a federal judge ruled Homeland Security didn't turn over documents being sought in a case about immigration enforcement in Los Angeles.
A federal judge on Tuesday declared the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in contempt for allegedly delaying compliance with an order to create digital copies of personal cell phone communications used by immigration agents during operations in the Los Angeles area last year. U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong of the Central District of California had already ordered the federal government in January to expedite the forensic ima…
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