The Trump administration requested a federal appeals court to lift a judge's order prohibiting immigration agents from conducting raids across Southern California. The Department of Justice claimed that the ruling was causing irreparable harm and infringing on executive authority. The previous aggressive immigration sweeps were interrupted due to a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in response to civil rights group lawsuits. The judge emphasized that immigration enforcement cannot be based on race, ethnicity, or other such factors, citing Fourth Amendment protections.
The Department of Justice lawyers argued that the judge's order "is inflicting irreparable harm by preventing the Executive from ensuring that immigration laws are enforced, severely infringing on the President's Article II authority."
A coalition of civil rights groups and private attorneys challenged the federal government's aggressive tactics, describing them as causing terror and sparking protests in Southern California.
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