California, immigration and chaotic 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.
Churches in Los Angeles put contingency plans in place after the Trump administration rescinds long-standing guidance advising immigration agents to avoid houses of worship.
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 in California issued two restraining orders blocking federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from conducting random detentions of people in Los Angeles and denying access to legal advice.
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Community organizers across Los Angeles remain active in their fight to protect undocumented community members.
Trump’s crackdown on immigrants hits California’s economy, where one-third of workers and nearly half of entrepreneurs are foreign-born.
The legal move came the day after federal agents and National Guard troops converged on a Los Angeles park in an extraordinary show of force.
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.
Protesters gathered in LA after hundreds of federal agents and military personnel launched an immigration raid in MacArthur Park.
Los Angeles leaders said Tuesday the city would join a lawsuit against the Trump administration over immigration raids in the local area. The city will join the American Civil Liberties Union in
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.”