U.S. attorney said she was fired after telling Border Patrol to follow a court order

"The acting U.S. attorney in Sacramento has said she was fired after telling the Border Patrol chief in charge of immigration raids in California that his agents were not allowed to arrest people without probable cause in the Central Valley."

"Michele Beckwith, a career prosecutor who was made the acting U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of California earlier this year, told the New York Times that she was let go after she warned Gregory Bovino, chief of the Border Patrol's El Centro Sector, that a court injunction blocked him from carrying out indiscriminate immigration raids in Sacramento."

"Bovino presided over a series of raids in Los Angeles starting in June in which agents spent weeks pursuing Latino-looking workers outside of Home Depots, car washes, bus stops and other areas. The agents often wore masks and used unmarked vehicles."

"Beckwith did not respond to a request for comment from the L.A. Times, but told the New York Times that "we have to stand up and insist the laws be followed.""

Michele Beckwith, a career prosecutor and acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California, was removed after confronting Border Patrol leadership about immigration raids. Beckwith told the Border Patrol chief that agents could not arrest people without probable cause in the Central Valley because a federal injunction prohibited indiscriminate operations. The injunction resulted from a lawsuit by the ACLU and United Farm Workers following operations such as Operation Return to Sender and raids at Home Depot and Latino markets. Agents reportedly pursued Latino-looking workers, sometimes wearing masks and using unmarked vehicles. The U.S. attorney's office and DHS declined to comment.

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