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Border Patrol sued for tactics used in California immigration raid
- ACLU attorneys have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Border Patrol officials, claiming that a three-day raid in California targeted farmworkers and violated constitutional rights.
- The lawsuit alleges that the raid involved unlawful practices like indiscriminate arrests and coercive deportations without legal justification.
- The Border Patrol's El Centro sector claims the raid, known as Operation Return to Sender, focused on detaining individuals breaking federal law, despite accusations of racial profiling.
- Advocates assert that the raid's tactics led to deportations without due process, affecting families and communities, as emphasized by ACLU attorney Bree Bernwanger.
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El Centro's Border Patrol Chief Being Sued Over Bakersfield Arrests Speaks
Border Patrol agents apprehend three adults and three children after they crossed the Rio Grande in a raft and surrendered. Photo by Mani Albrecht/CBP Operation “Return to Sender” immediately turned heads. The sight of dozens of Border Patrol agents in Bakersfield, a Latino farm worker community hundreds of miles from the southern border, was unusual. Headlines from news outlets across the state detailed the panic the operation sent across Cali…
Border Patrol Slashed Tires, Dragged People From Cars in Bakersfield Raids, ACLU Says
The January raids, which rattled Central Valley farmworkers ahead of President Trump’s inauguration, included illegal, discriminatory stops and coercive deportations, a new lawsuit alleges.
Immigration enforcement concerns farmers and farmworkers in WA - Northwest Public Broadcasting
A farmworker picks fruit at a citrus farm in Kern County, Calif., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Credit: Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP Photo) Listen https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/022725_JB_Farmers-concern-about-immigration-measures_SS.mp3(Runtime 1:18) Read Immigration policies and measures are causing concern among farmers and farmworkers in Washington. Leonardo Flores, a farmworker in …
Border Patrol sued over California immigration enforcement operation
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with United Farm Workers, filed a lawsuit against Border Patrol over an immigration enforcement operation in Bakersfield in early January, alleging agents violated the U.S. Constitution as they “tore families apart and terrorized the community,” the complaint reads. Five Bakersfield residents are listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit over Border Patrol’s “Operation Return to Sender,” carried out by the age…
BPA layoffs save $0 | UFW sues Border Patrol | Starlink & slavery
Thursday, February 27, 2025 LOCAL ► From Cascade PBS — Experts, WA reps question rationale for BPA and Hanford layoffs — “They are creating complete chaos across many regions and are not being responsive to Congress,” Murray said at a virtual press conference Wednesday. Another big unanswered question: Why lay off 400 of the […] The post BPA layoffs save $0 | UFW sues Border Patrol | Starlink & slavery appeared first on The STAND.
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