LATimes: Federal judge blocks ICE from making racially discriminatory stops in Southern California

LATimes: Federal judge blocks ICE from making racially discriminatory stops in Southern California by Brittny Mejia (“A federal judge barred immigration agents in Southern California from stopping people simply because they are Latino or appear to be and are working class, finding evidence of an unwritten, ‘officially sanctioned’ policy of racial profiling. [¶] In her order granting a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong cited ‘a mountain of evidence’ provided by the plaintiffs, including body camera footage and text messages that captured immigration agents referring to Latinos using slurs such as ‘tonk’ and ‘wet.’”)