{"id":1545331,"date":"2025-07-04T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1545331"},"modified":"2025-07-04T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T00:45:00","slug":"activists-sue-federal-authorities-over-ice-raids-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/activists-sue-federal-authorities-over-ice-raids-in-los-angeles\/1545331\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists Sue Federal Authorities Over ICE Raids In Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Activists Sue Federal Authorities Over ICE Raids In Los Angeles<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by John Fredricks via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

At the site of the Bubble Bath Hand Car Wash in Torrance, immigration activists gathered on Wednesday morning to announce a lawsuit against the federal government, launched in the early hours of July 2, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An American flag waves above immigration activists in Torrance, Calif., on July 2, 2025. John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The suit<\/a>, which alleges that immigration raids violate the Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights of thousands of people<\/strong>, is being brought by multiple civil and immigration rights groups, according to officials with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Southern California, one of the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n

Mohammad Tajsar, senior attorney with the ACLU Foundation, told reporters that the groups are suing the federal government \u201cfor their unlawful, immoral, and unconstitutional siege of the city of Los Angeles and its neighboring communities\u201d in what he called a \u201clandmark lawsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are brown, (federal agents) will hunt you down<\/strong>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has vehemently denied claims of racial profiling, calling it a \u201cdisgusting\u201d smear tactic against law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n

Mohammad Tajsar, senior staff attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, speaks in Torrance, Calif., on July 2, 2025. John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Attorneys and immigration activists were joined by the relatives of several men detained by ICE agents while working on the premises of the car wash. Their last names were not given due to security concerns.<\/p>\n

Since June 6, documented cases of arrests made by federal agents have sparked protests throughout the city, leading to arrests and property damage, according to Los Angeles Police Department officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assaults on federal agents have also seen a heavy increase, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd M. Lyons, who reported that both officers and agents are already facing a 500 percent increase in assaults.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit comes just two days after the Trump administration sued the City of Los Angeles on June 30 over its \u2018sanctuary city’ policies, alleging in federal court that the ordinance violates the Constitution by thwarting immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n

ICE agents form a defensive perimeter near an operations center in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe United States Constitution\u2019s Supremacy Clause prohibits the city from picking and choosing which federal laws will be enforced and which will not,\u201d United States Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli said in a statement on the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lawsuit holds\u00a0the city of Los Angeles accountable for deliberately obstructing the\u00a0enforcement of federal immigration law.<\/strong>‘\u2019<\/p>\n

Hilda Solis, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, said Tuesday that according to data cited by the Department of Homeland Security, between June 6 and 22, more than 1,600 individuals were detained or deported in Southern California.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been no arrests of killers, rapists or drug dealers,\u201d Mark Rosenbaum, senior special counsel for strategic litigation at legal services group Public Counsel, told reporters in the parking area of the Bubble Bath Hand Car Wash.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the clearest patterns that have emerged in the raids in Southern California has been stops and interrogations … on the basis of apparent race and ethnicity<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Findings by Department of Homeland Security officials, detailed in a June 26 press release, challenged<\/a> Rosenbaum\u2019s allegation, stating that recent DHS operations in Los Angeles have \u201cresulted in the arrest of criminal illegal aliens\u2014with convictions ranging from murder, pedophilia, fentanyl trafficking, spousal abuse, sexual assault, and armed robbery.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s proposed class-action suit, brought in Los Angeles federal court, is seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions to stop further alleged violations of Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n

City News Service contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 07\/04\/2025 – 16:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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