A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily stop the immigration raids at Los Angeles and several other counties in California after ruling the US Civil Liberty Union in favor of the civil rights.
“According to the fourth amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, the defendants will be stopped from operating the preventive stop in the district until the agent or officer does not have a proper doubt that the violation of the US immigration law does not stop the person within the United States,” wrote In his decision.
The judge determined whether the federal agents cannot “fully trust” some factors, considering whether to create a “detailed stop”, which includes “clear race or ethnicity” in the question, whether they are “speaking Spanish or speaking English with an pronunciation,” and their presence (eg bus stop, car wash, to -yard, day laborers, “.
In legal filing, the ACLU and immigrant rights groups claimed that the federal agents are completely violating the constitution to arrest people on the basis of skin color, raid without warrant and deny the detainees to deny the legal lawyer.
“No matter what their skin color, in which language they speak, or where they work, constitutional rights are guaranteed to protect all from illegal stops,” said ACLU’s lawyer Mohammad Tajsar.
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The Trump administration lawyers denied claims during the trial. The US Justice Department did not comment on whether the federal government would appeal for the decision.
American Attorney Bill Eselie Wrote X in a post Following Fimpong’s decision on Friday that “the federal agents will continue to implement the law and follow the US Constitution.”
“We strongly disagree with the allegations in the trial and maintain that our agents have never detained individuals without proper legal justification,” Eselie wrote. “Our federal agents will continue to implement law and follow the US Constitution.”
In a statement in response to the ruling, California village Gavin Newsom said, “Justice has become strong today – the court’s decision is a temporary restriction for federal immigration officers that violates people’s rights and racial profiles.”
Fimpong issued two temporary preventive orders that prevent immigration agents from stopping people without appropriate doubts and require the Homeland Security Department to provide access to a lawyer for those detained in the downtown la Federal Building. Frimpong, who was appointed by President Biden, criticized the Trump administration in his judgment.
Frimpong wrote, “Without any doubt the patrol team violated the fourth amendment to the constitution and violated the fifth amendment to the constitution, refusing to reach the lawyers.” “The federal government will have the belief of this court – on the face of a mountain of evidence presented in this case – it is not really happening.”
The center of the federal trial is Montebello Man Brian Gavidia, who was detained The immigration agent last month.
“One thing I would like to reveal was that even though I said and proved that I was American, he snatched my phone,” Gavidia said outside the courtyard in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Los angelsAlong with seven other cities and La County, joined the ACLU trial earlier this week, claiming that immigration raids also violate a constitutional amendment that protects the rights of states to protect the rights of the states to run their judicial systems.
“Essentially, those who are challenging the challenging here are not that the Trump administration lacks the power to enforce the immigration law, but they are doing it incorrectly, and they are doing it in the way that violates the constitutional provisions such as the fixed process segment,” said Loyola Law Professor Jessica Leinson.
In addition to the LA’s cities and county, the alliance of cities involved in the trial includes Kalevar City, Montebelo, Montere Park, Pasadena, Pico Riviera, Santa Monica and West Hollywood.
In a statement sent to CBS News Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass wrote, “Today, the court ruled in favor of the United States Constitution, American values and decency – this is an important step towards safety, security and defending the rights of all angels.” “We went to court against the administration because we would not generally accept these derogatory and non-American acts.”
One of the lawyers representing the municipalities is the former American Attorney Martin Estrada, which was appointed by President Biden.
The lawsuit also claims that millions of dollars have been spent in expenses including overtime in ice operation. According to the County’s lawyer’s office, the enforcement action increased on 6 June, La County has spent an additional cost of $ 9 million in additional costs, which is stems from lost tax revenue and law enforcement resources. La County officials compared the economic impact on the region to Kovid -19 epidemic.
Since operations began in June, Ice and CBP arrested 2,792 people in the LA region as per DHS.