Federal courts have no role whatsoever in assessing President Donald Trump’s decision to take control of the California National Guard, Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate argued at a hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Tuesday. Two Trump-appointed members of the three-judge panel, Mark Bennett and Eric Miller, seemed appropriately […]
Last Thursday, a federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s unilateral deployment of the California National Guard to facilitate immigration raids in the Los Angeles area, saying that takeover was illegal and unconstitutional. Although U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer’s order was stayed the same day by the U.S. […]
On any other Saturday, Santee Alley in downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District would be packed shoulder-to-shoulder with people buying cut-rate electronics and quinceañera dresses and $100 three-piece suits and fake Labubu dolls. The goods are cheap, pushcart vendors sell bottled water to keep shoppers cool, and the open-air corridor stays open 365 days a year. […]
Danielle Nozzi wasn’t there when heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents swarmed her favorite Italian restaurant, arrested four employees, and fired off flash-bang grenades at protesters who tried to stop them. But in the days since the raid at Buona Forchetta, in the cute and trendy South Park neighborhood of San Diego, she’s […]
Masked federal agents have repeatedly grabbed people in immigration raids over the past few weeks. Most seem to be members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but in the moment there is often little to indicate who they are. This presents a danger not only to the public but to the masked agents themselves. “There […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom argues that President Donald Trump’s unilateral deployment of that state’s National Guard was illegal and unconstitutional. On Thursday night, a federal judge in San Francisco agreed, issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) that bars the Trump administration from “deploying members of the California National Guard in Los Angeles” and orders it […]