New Take on Mass Deportations Shows Californians Caught in Raids Decades Apart
Judge Maame Frimpong said the plaintiffs’ allegations are enough for the case to move forward, while making no finding on whether the raids were unlawful.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Maame Frimpong rejected the Trump administration's bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Department of Homeland Security raids in Southern California deliberately target Latino communities.
- The litigation stems from June 18, 2025 raids in Pasadena, where plaintiffs allege agents arrived with weapons drawn and used force against individuals based on perceived ethnicity and appearance.
- Five Latino workers and three advocacy organizations—the Los Angeles Worker Center Network, United Farm Workers, and Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights—brought the suit, claiming agents conduct roving patrols without reasonable suspicion.
- Frimpong will hold a hearing Thursday in downtown Los Angeles on a request for a preliminary injunction to halt the administration's alleged campaign of warrantless arrests against Latino, low-income, or working-class individuals.
- The California Museum in Sacramento recently unveiled an exhibit drawing parallels between current enforcement and the 1950s Eisenhower-era mass deportation campaign, which officials believe displaced about 1 million people.
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New take on mass deportations shows Californians caught in raids — decades apart
America’s largest-ever deportation campaign unfolded 71 years ago, when agents evicted about 1 million people. A new California Museum exhibit draws comparisons to President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Palo Alto Online
Cal MattersNew take on mass deportations shows Californians caught in raids decades apart
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Editor’s note: This story contains a term for a 1950s federal immigration program that some might find offensive. Pablo Espinoza and his older son were at the California Museum in downtown Sacramento checking out an exhibit on the World War II internment of […]
LA Daily News
OC RegisterLA federal judge denies Trump administration’s bid to dismiss immigration raids lawsuit
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Maame Frimpong, who is overseeing the case of Vasquez Perdomo v. Mullin, stemming from LA County raids last year, denied the DHS effort to throw out a case that could shape the legal trajectory of the government's immigration crackdown.
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