A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate immigration enforcement raids in Los Angeles to detain people based solely on race, ethnicity, language spoken and other factors.
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong granted the request for a temporary restraining order filed by a number of recent detainees and several immigrant rights and legal aid organizations. The judge set a new hearing for July 16 in the case that includes the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The 52-page decision released Friday evening by Frimpong comes after weeks of media coverage of shocking scenes of militaristic law enforcement actions unfolding across Southern California.
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