California judge holds Homeland Security in contempt in case over LA immigration sweeps
Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong said 885 officers reported using personal phones in the immigration operations and ordered fines until the government complies.
- A California federal judge held the Trump Administration in civil contempt for violating a court order requiring forensic imaging of cell phones used by agents at 15 immigration operations, ordering $500 daily fines.
- The order stems from a class action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, where Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym mandated in January that the government forensically image any cell phones used by agents during specific operations.
- Justice Department lawyer Jonathan Robbins reported that although 88 agents consented to imaging, none had been imaged by the hearing date, while government phones were processed at only three every two weeks.
- On Tuesday, a Justice Department lawyer filed notice that the government submitted a $3,500 payment following Frimpong's criticism that "We're not going to wait forever" after a four-month delay.
- A UFW Foundation survey of 2,250 farmworkers revealed that more than 90% fear detention and deportation, illustrating the climate of anxiety amid escalating federal enforcement operations across California.
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Why A California Judge Held Homeland Security In Contempt
A federal judge in California has held the Department of Homeland Security in civil contempt after finding it failed to comply with a court order related to immigration enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area. According to the report, the court imposed daily fines of $500 after determining the agency did not carry out required forensic imaging of mobile phones used by agents during 15 immigration operations.💡The report said the order aro…
DHS will have to pay $500 a day to deliver the cell phones of agents who participated in the Los Angeles raids.
Federal judge holds DHS in contempt over Los Angeles immigration sweeps
A federal judge held the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in contempt following the agency’s delay in complying with an order to release digital copies of communication on the cellphones of more than 800 immigration agents, according to an order unsealed Tuesday. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, an appointee of former President Biden, ordered DHS…
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