Detention Horror Stories and Legal Pressure Keep Feds at Bay

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a temporary order that restricts immigration enforcement operations in seven Southern California counties, siding with immigrant advocacy groups who allege that federal agents have been conducting unlawful arrests and detentions.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request by the Trump administration to pause a July 11 order issued by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong. That order barred immigration officers from stopping or arresting individuals without “reasonable suspicion” that the person is in the country unlawfully, springing from the lawsuit Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem .

Mohammad Tajsar, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California, praised

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