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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.
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.
Civil rights groups alleged that ICE and Border Patrol agents are rounding people up based on their race, and denying them access to lawyers. A federal judge said there's evidence what they're doing is illegal.
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Community organizers across Los Angeles remain active in their fight to protect undocumented community members.
The city of Los Angeles and other Southern California municipalities are joining a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration aimed at halting immigration raids that have spread panic among immigrant communities and sparked widespread protests.
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.