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More than a dozen additional cities have joined the lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, accusing federal officials of racially profiled and illegally stopping people during the migrant attacks, officials announced Friday.
After the lawsuit was filed last month, the American Civil Liberties Union, public advisors, other immigration and civil rights lawyers, LA city and county, and other LA county cities joined the plaintiffs.
The announcement on Friday confirmed that complaints have been updated to add cities like Pasadena, Santa Monica, Culver City, Pico Rivera, Montebello, Monterrey Park and West Hollywood.
Other local governments, including Long Beach, Pomona, Southgate, Lynnwood, Huntington Park, Paramount, Bell Gardens, Beverly Hills, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Carpinteria and Oxnard, joined LA with complaints.
The lawsuit accused ice, customs and border protection of engaging “without a reasonable and illegal suspension, an illegal suspension, or a reason for reasonable doubt or presumed cause.”
“These illegal attacks began in LA on June 6th, and we argued that everyone in the United States, regardless of the immigration situation, are entitled to constitutional protection from the type of enforcement activity we saw.”
Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Lowe also said the ice attacks rattle many communities across Santa Barbara County.
“The city supports the enforcement of established laws, but strongly opposes the methods used, and has joined other jurisdictions in submitting petitions to intervene in Vazquez Perdomo et al. v. Noemet al., defending constitutionally protected rights and ensuring accountability in enforcement practices,” Rowse said.
On July 11, a federal court in Los Angeles issued a temporary restraining order against the federal government, ordering it to refrain from carrying out so-called “roving raids.”
Last week, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the federal government’s request to reverse an order banning federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
On Thursday, the Trump administration called on the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a court order to prevent federal agents from arresting immigrants.
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