Overview

• A temporary restraining order issued July 11 by Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong bars ICE from making immigration stops in the Central District of California based solely on race, ethnicity, language, location or occupation.
• The Ninth Circuit upheld that injunction on August 1 by denying the administration’s request to stay the order during appeal.
• On August 7 Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court seeking to pause the ruling and clear the way for resumed ICE operations.
• The Justice Department warns that ongoing restrictions inflict manifest irreparable harm by branding lawful stops unconstitutional and risking contempt charges for agents.
• The injunction covers Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, an area with an estimated 2 million unauthorized immigrants.