Today, Thursday, August 7, the Trump administration filed an application for review by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem, in the hope that the Supremes will lift the temporary order by the Ninth Circuit, which barred federal agencies—including DHS—from continuing their unlawful actions in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.
(If readers aren’t yet familiar with the history of this case, a quick skim of WLA’s story published on Tuesday, will bring you up to date.)
In response to the Trump government’s newest move, Mohammad Tajsar, senior staff attorney at the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, issued the following statement:
“When masked, armed immigration agents abducted people off the streets of Southern California simply because they appear to be Latino or low-wage workers, the entire nation saw how the federal government’s reckless and cruel raids frayed the fabric of one of America’s most vibrant and diverse regions.
“The federal government has now gone running to the Supreme Court asking it to undo a narrow court order—applicable in only one judicial district—that merely compels them to follow the Constitution. ”
Dodging Judge Frimpong
The main thing that the government wants to escape is the legal reach of last month’s 52-page ruling by Federal Judge Frimpong, with which Frimpong demonstrated the importance of the Temporary Restraining Order or TRO, a legal entity that the Trump administration now hopes to make vanish.
As readers will remember, Judge Frimpong, however, had no intention of having her ruling ignored, an eloquent ruling that laid out how and why all individuals —regardless of immigration status—share in the rights guaranteed by the Fourth and Fifth amendments, and the government’s immigration sweeps, may not violate those rights.
More soon.
IDK Celeste looks like the ICE sweeps are continuing. Doesn’t look too good for the AWFLs , loosing quite a lot lately. We’ll see how your new champion, judge Pong, holds up. I’m thinking not too well.