Overview

• Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong barred ICE from making arrests based solely on appearance, language, location or employment and from restricting detainees’ access to attorneys in several California counties.
• The orders respond to raids on Glass House Farms in Ventura and Carpinteria that detained around 200 migrants, including 10 minors, and featured tear gas and smoke canisters against protesters.
• One farmworker, Jaime Alanis, died after falling from a greenhouse roof during the July 10 raids, prompting his family to call for accountability and legal transparency.
• Homeland Security officials denounced the ruling as judicial overreach, have appealed the orders and President Trump has reaffirmed ICE’s authority to protect its agents.
• California officials and advocacy groups are exploring further lawsuits and legislative steps to strengthen protections for migrant laborers.