US EditionJudge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California
CALIFORNIA, JUL 12 – Judge Frimpong’s order halts immigration arrests without probable cause in seven California counties, citing unconstitutional racial profiling and ensuring detainees access to legal counsel, advocates said.
- On Friday, federal judge Maame E. Frimpong ruled that the Trump administration must stop conducting indiscriminate immigration raids and arrests across seven counties in California, among them Los Angeles.
- The order followed a lawsuit filed last week by immigrant advocacy groups accusing the administration of racially targeting brown-skinned individuals during an intensified immigration crackdown in Southern California.
- The ruling bars warrantless arrests, prevents the use of race or language alone to justify stops, and requires the government to allow attorney access at the downtown Los Angeles detention facility known as B-18.
- According to ACLU attorney Mohammad Tajsar, detained U.S. citizen Brian Gavidia was physically assaulted due to his Latino background, while government attorney Sean Skedzielewski said agents based arrests on total circumstances including surveillance and individualized targets.
- The order and lawsuit have heightened tensions in the region, with immigrant communities rallying against raids, while the Department of Homeland Security denies any race-based targeting and asserts enforcement is highly targeted and lawful.
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