SCLA Wants To Join Lawsuit Against Ice Raids

July 11, 2025 – 3:35 pm

Does Sanctuary City Los Angeles understand that the federal government has primacy on immigration? That laws passed by duly elected Congresses has given the Executive Branch the lawful authority to arrest and detain illegal aliens?
Los Angeles seeks to join lawsuit against Trump administration over immigration raids
The city and county of Los Angeles, along with several municipalities in Southern California, are seeking to join a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration over recent immigration raids that prompted several days of protests and the federalization of the National Guard.
The lawsuit, filed last week by the ACLU of Southern California on behalf of five individuals and immigration advocacy groups, alleges the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, “has unconstitutionally arrested and detained people in order to meet arbitrary arrest quotas set by the Trump administration,” the ACLU said in a statement.
“No matter their status or the color of their skin, everyone is guaranteed Constitutional rights to protect them from illegal stops. We will hold DHS accountable,” Mohammad Tajsar, ACLU senior staff attorney, said in the statement.
Except, by federal law, ICE can scoop up anyone unlawfully present in the United States. But, you know, these Democrats are more concerned with illegals than with their own citizens. Heck, the ACLU was more concerned with stopping illegals from crossing the border during COVID than with the government slapping movement restrictions and such.
On Tuesday, officials from Los Angeles and several cities in the surrounding county said they were joining the effort “to challenge the unlawful immigration enforcement activities … which have included the federal government’s targeting of the Los Angeles area and of Angelenos based on their race and ethnicity and denying constitutionally-mandated due process to those detained,” a statement from Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto said.
Funny, because Democrats keep saying that being unlawfully present is a civil matter, not a criminal one, which would mean there is no right to council.
“We as jurisdiction, not only support our residents in stopping these unconstitutional practices, but we in effect assert our own rights under the 10th Amendment and as jurisdictions that have, ultimately, local control over our police powers,” Feldstein Soto said at a news conference Tuesday.
Gotta give an LOL on this one. Suddenly they discover the 10th Amendment, and use it completely wrong. Perhaps they should read Article I about the federal government having ultimate authority over immigration issues. Hey, remember when Arizona was sued under Obama and Texas under Biden, and courts said the feds had ultimate authority? Anyhow, this is wild, US cities suing the US government for enforcing the law.
(LA Mayor Karen) Bass said the immigration raids, which have been taking place at homes and businesses across the Los Angeles area since June 6, create a safety problem.
Right, right, it’s not the illegals who a safety problem, it’s law enforcement. Wackjobs. I still maintain that the Trump admin should be going after all the illegals/migrants in GOP voting areas first, let the sanctuary cities deal with their own illegals, and not give them a dime of federal money. This would entice more illegals to head to sanctuary cities, costing them more money and creating more crime.
But, you know what this lawsuit will do? Entice the Trump admin to send even more ICE agents to the LA area.

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