The advocacy groups asked the judge to block the administration from using “unconstitutional tactics” in immigration raids, including detaining people on the basis of race and denying detainees access to legal counsel.

Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass doubled down on sanctuary policies just hours after a major immigration raid rescued child

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles.

Immigration and Custom Enforcement ( ICE) agents temporarily detained a 71-year-old U.S. citizen in California, leaving her "traumatized." Barbara Stone on Wednesday was removed from a San Diego courthouse, which she attended to observe proceedings and the behavior of federal agents. An agent at the scene said she had pushed her.

The notable increase in ICE arrests throughout the country now has the numbers to prove it, according recent reports.

In a video clip, medical staff in blue scrubs tell an armed ICE agent to let go of a man who is crying and gasping for breath.

California has six privately operated immigration detention centers. Two of these — Golden State Annex in McFarland and Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield — are also located in Kern County and run by The Geo Group, another private prison operator.

“The idea that people who are dressed as if they’re robbing a liquor store are running around grabbing Californians and throwing them into unmarked vehicles and taking them God knows where — it’s like a dystopian nightmare,” Wiener told Playbook. “We need to be aggressive and decisive in trying to put a stop to it.”

New Orleans assistant field officer Chris Cannon defends masked operations as deportation numbers surge under Trump's administration