American federal judge Maame E. Frimong ordered Trump’s administration on Friday to stop flat immigration controls and arrest in the seven California districts, including Los Angeles. TASR received the report from AP.
The decision comes after a lawsuit, which was filed last week by groups to protect the rights of immigrants. They accused President Donald Trump’s administration of systematic focus on people with dark skin during immigration raids in Southern California. The applicants are three detainees of immigrants and two US citizens, including a man who was detained despite the fact that he has submitted a valid identity document.
A lawsuit filed with the Federal Court in Los Angeles asks the court to block allegedly unconstitutional practices in immigration interventions such as race detention on the basis of race, arresting without a judicial order and denying access to legal assistance at the detention center in the city center.
Lawyers criticize the raid
At the same time, the judge also issued a separate regulation prohibiting the federal authorities to limit the access of lawyers to this detention center known as “B-18”.
According to American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Immigrant Defenders Law Center lawyers, they are motivated by “arbitrary arrest quotas” and racial prejudices. They state that three suing workers were detained only on the basis that the Latin -Americans were dressed in work clothes. Witnesses described how agents were arrested by anyone who “looked Hispanic” during the raids in the markets or parking lots of department stores.
Government lawyer has questioned the action
Acla lawyer Mohammad Tajsar questioned the action of immigration agents when, according to the testimony of one worker, the washbasin cars detained all except two white employees.
The government in court was represented by the lawyer Sean Skzielewski, who refused that immigration agents would act on the basis of race. He argued that the identification of persons was based on several indications, including previous monitoring and operational information.
Tricia McLaughlin, representing the Ministry of Home security, has described allegations of racial profiling as “disgusting and categorically false”. She stressed that “interventions are highly addressable and agents have properly verified information before the intervention”.
