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Judge orders halt to indiscriminate immigration operations in California

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt arrests based on racial profiling and denying access to lawyers, saying the tactics are unconstitutional.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are surrounded by a crowd of locals in June during an attempted raid of a store in Bell, just south of Los Angeles. (Etienne Laurent/AFP/Getty Images)

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate immigration stops in several California counties, including Los Angeles, and denying detainees access to lawyers, as the White House continues its sweeping immigration crackdown in the state that has set immigrant communities on edge and sparked protests.

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The lawsuit was brought this month by a group of individuals who had been detained or questioned, together with immigrant advocacy groups in Los Angeles, arguing that President Donald Trump’s mass deportations involve tactics that are unconstitutional, including patrolling and rounding up individuals without reasonable justification and refusing legal counsel.

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