"All that matters is numbers, pure numbers. Quantity over quality.”
These are the words of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) insider describing the White House’s newly-imposed quota: 3,000 immigration arrests nationwide per day, legal constraints and public outcry be damned.
Since June 6, 2025, the federal government has unleashed immigration agents onto the streets, worksites, and neighborhoods of Los Angeles and surrounding counties, creating a several weeks-long immigration dragnet that shows no signs of ceasing. U.S. Border Patrol agents have relied on perceived race or ethnicity to select who to stop, conducted suspicionless stops, executed warrantless home raids and carried out illegal worksite operations. Courts have repeatedly intervened to curb these practices.
These illegal practices violate the Fourth Amendment. On July 2, five individuals who were stopped or arrested during the raids along with three membership organizations (Los Angeles Worker Center Network, United Farm Workers, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights) and a legal services provider (Immigrant Defenders Law Center) filed a class action lawsuit calling to end unlawful stops and arrests, and for the protection of their due process and access to counsel rights for people in immigration detention.
The plaintiffs are represented by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin, UC Irvine School of Law Immigrant and Racial Justice Solidarity Clinic, Public Counsel, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, ACLU Foundations of Northern California and San Diego & Imperial Counties, Hecker Fink LLP, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and Martinez Aguilasocho Law Inc.
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Case Developments
Federal government files reply in support of their request to stay the TRO.
Plaintiffs file an opposition to the motion to stay.
Federal government moves to stay the temporary restraining order.
Federal government appeals court decision to grant temporary restraining orders. See notice of appeal.
Federal court grants temporary restraining orders on unlawful stops and access to counsel. Read the order.
Plaintiffs file temporary restraining order on unlawful stops. Read the TRO.
Plaintiffs file temporary restraining order on access to counsel. Read the TRO.
Plaintiffs file complaint against DHS. Read the complaint.
