Federal judge blocks ICE from making racially discriminatory stops in Southern California

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Set us as preferred A federal judge has barred immigration agents in Southern California from stopping people simply because they appear Latino or Latino and working class, finding evidence of an unwritten, “officially sanctioned” policy of racial profiling.In her order granting a preliminary injunction, U.S.District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong cited “a mountain of evidence” provided by the plaintiffs, including body camera footage and text messages that captured immigration agents referring to Latinos using slurs such as “tonk” and “wet.” “The Government’s showing that it trains agents to follow the law cannot defeat the mountain of evidence that, in practice, agents do not follow the law,” Frimpong wrote.The injunction requires agents to establish individualized reasonable suspicion before detaining someone for immigration enforcement, rather than relying on racial stereotypes.

Simply appearing Latino and working class is insufficient, Frimpong wrote, even if a person shares those characteristics with an identified target.The order exempts stops at ports of entry, checkpoints and other functional equivalents of the border.Frimpong emphasized that her ruling was not a final determination that the government maintained an unlawful policy.

The Trump administration filed a notice of appeal Wednesday, seeking review by the U.S.9th Circuit Court of Appeals.The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

California A Los Angeles federal judge has ordered immigration agents to stop making civil arrests without a warrant unless they first determine that a person is likely to escape before one can be obtained.Based on the evidence, Frimpong said, plaintiffs “have shown that they will likely be able to prove the Government does have a policy in the Los Angeles ar...