Overview

• The Department of Justice has appealed a Central District of California order that barred ICE from detaining individuals based solely on race, accent or occupation
• Homan emphasized that agents must use a totality-of-the-circumstances approach—incorporating location, behavior and other findings—and noted officers undergo Fourth Amendment training every six months
• He expressed confidence that the administration will prevail in its Ninth Circuit appeal of Judge Frimpong’s temporary restraining order
• Senators including Alex Padilla have introduced bills to increase ICE transparency, and community groups are deploying apps to alert residents to enforcement raids in real time
• The July 10 death of 57-year-old farmworker Jaime Alanis during a California raid has heightened scrutiny of ICE tactics and spurred calls for accountability