Thirteen additional cities joined a coalition of municipalities being led by the city and county of Los Angeles against the federal government for allegedly racially profiling and engaging in unconstitutional and lawful stops during immigration raids across Southern California, L.A. City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced Friday.

During a news conference at City Hall, Feldstein Soto said her office filed an amended complaint adding the cities of Pasadena, Santa Monica, Culver City, Pico Rivera, Montebello, Monterey Park and West Hollywood to their motion to intervene in the case of Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem.

The lawsuit was filed last month by the American Civil Liberties Union, Public Counsel and other immigration and civil rights attorneys. Plaintiffs alleged ICE and Customs and Bor

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