LA mayor joins controversial lawsuit to block Trump’s immigration enforcement measures

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday publicized that her city will be joining the class-action lawsuit to stop what she says is the unconstitutional reckless raids in the LA region Bass mentioned Los Angeles was joining the lawsuit because the Trump administration is treating the city as a test affair for how far it can go in driving its political agenda forward while pushing the Constitution aside The City of Los Angeles along with the County cities organizations and Angelenos across L A is taking the Administration to court to stop its clear violation of the United States Constitution and federal law Bass revealed in a press release We will not be intimidated we are making Los Angeles the example of how people who believe in American values will stand together and stand united LA MAYOR RIPPED FOR INTERFERING WITH ICE RAID AT CRIME-RIDDEN LOCAL PARK 'FULL OF S---'Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto declared the lawsuit is intended to send a message to the Trump administration that the city will not allow the raids to become standard operating procedure The federal leadership has concentrated thousands of armed immigration agents plenty of of whom lack visible identification and military troops in our communities conducting unconstitutional raids roundups and anonymous detentions sowing fear and chaos among our residents noted Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto At present s motion to intervene shows we will not stand by and allow these raids to continue or to become the standard operating procedure in our communities A coalition of individual immigrants and immigrant advocacy organizations led by The American Civil Liberties Union ACLU of California and the non-profit Citizens Counsel filed the original class-action lawsuit Vasquez Perdomo v Noem against the Department of Homeland Safety DHS demanding an immediate halt to what it describes as unlawful immigration raids across the Los Angeles area targeting transients with brown skin The non-profit accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE of carrying out unconstitutional raids and then keeping newcomers in inhumane conditions without beds and deprived of food and legal counsel Homeland Precaution has denied all the maintains in the lawsuit saying that any accusations of racial profiling are disgusting and categorically false ACLU SUES TO BLOCK ICE RAIDS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALLEGING CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONSThe lawsuit also asks those who are now being held in overcrowded dungeon-like facilities to get access to counsel especially where the conditions are deplorable and unconstitutional The announcement comes on the heels of federal agents marching through Los Angeles' MacArthur Park and militarized vehicles being deployed to the streets that Bass announced were filled with children attending a summer camp The release from Bass s office suggested that the actions were for the seemingly sole purpose of bringing fear to Los Angeles CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Bass stated she and other elected personnel will not accept the presence of federalized troops and military-style vehicles on their streets and will use every pool available to bring an end to what she characterized as reckless raids