This story slipped across the California media a few days ago….
Of course the judges order will be appealed by the Trump admin….
The order also add’s that those detained must have legal access…
Trump’s assault on California has new rules for now…..
The Trump administration will appeal a Los Angeles federal judge’s orders limiting the ability of federal agents to detain people without reasonable suspicion beyond their race, ethnicity or occupation, the White House said on Sunday.
“No federal judge has the authority to dictate immigration policy — that authority rests with Congress and the president,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told City News Service in an email Sunday.
“Enforcement operations require careful planning and execution; skills far beyond the purview or jurisdiction of any judge. We expect this gross overstep of judicial authority to be corrected on appeal,” Jackson added.
Friday’s 52-page ruling from U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong bars immigration agencies “from conducting detentive stops in this district unless the agent or officer has reasonable suspicion that the person to be stopped is within the United States in violation of U.S. immigration law.”
The order also bars agents from relying solely on factors such as race/ethnicity, speaking with an accent or being at locations such as bus stops, day laborer sites, car washes or agricultural sites as a basis for detaining people…..
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Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced a plan Friday to provide financial assistance to people who have been affected by the sweeping immigration raids. The aid, which will not come directly from taxpayers but from immigrant rights groups such as the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, will be distributed using cash cards containing about $200, and should be available in about a week.
“You have people who don’t want to leave their homes, who are not going to work, and they are in need of cash,” Bass said during a Friday news conference.
The criteria for receiving the aid was not immediately clear.
Bass also announced that she signed an executive directive that, among other things, calls for records from the Trump administration on all ICE operations since they started in June, and directs all city departments to ensure they are in compliance with Los Angeles’ “sanctuary city ordinance,”….
State, local officials seek to ban ICE agents’ masks
A growing number of Democratic-leaning states and cities are weighing proposals to ban federal immigration agents from wearing masks and require them to display IDs when making arrests.
Why it matters: Images of masked, armed agents in plain clothes grabbing people off the streets and rushing them into unmarked vehicles have alarmed many Americans — and put pressure on lawmakers to respond.
The big picture: The proposals could set up another constitutional showdown between states and the federal government over immigration enforcement and civil liberties, as the Trump administration pushes mass deportations….
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The US is Back in the migrant wearhousing business….
Migrants in ICE detention
Data current through July 17, 2025
56,397