"In a series of recent class action lawsuits, Bay Area civil rights advocates are calling on the federal courts to halt what they call illegal Trump administration policies that are leading to the arrest of asylum seekers, victims of human trafficking and people attending immigration court hearings. The three lawsuits filed in federal courts in California in recent weeks are part of a larger legal pushback by advocacy groups across the country challenging the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement tactics."
"At a time when Homeland Security officials tout arrests of "heinous" criminals they call the "worst of the worst," the lawsuits put the focus on the ways U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has targeted vulnerable people such as domestic violence survivors and those who've fled persecution, said UC Davis Law Professor Kevin Johnson. "These are serious constitutional and statutory claims ... challenging the efforts of the Trump administration to tighten the immigration enforcement machinery around non-citizens," he said."
Bay Area civil rights advocates filed class-action lawsuits in federal courts seeking to halt Trump administration immigration enforcement policies that result in arrests of asylum seekers, human trafficking victims and people attending immigration court hearings. The lawsuits allege ICE has targeted vulnerable non-citizens, including domestic violence survivors and those who fled persecution, raising serious constitutional and statutory claims. Advocates contrast enforcement rhetoric about arresting 'heinous' criminals with tactics that sweep up persecuted populations. Humboldt County will receive $75 million to expand mental health care intended to relieve pressure on emergency departments and jails serving people in crisis.
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