A California judge said it was likely that the Trump administration broke the law by arresting people 'without reasonable suspicion.'

Immigrant workers are central to recovery efforts in neighborhoods burned in the January wildfires, but recent raids have led some to stay home.

The Trump administration's sweeping immigration raids in Southern California faced a legal roadblock on Friday, as the White House looks to ramp up similar operations across the country using a surge of resources recently approved by Congress.

The judge said there was "a mountain of evidence" that federal agents had arrested people solely based on characteristics such as race, employment and accent.

The advocacy groups asked the judge to block the administration from using “unconstitutional tactics” in immigration raids, including detaining people on the basis of race and denying detainees access to legal counsel.

U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli skewered Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday for railing

Immigration officials say they ‘rescued’ eight unaccompanied migrant children during the raid.

As word spread among Catholics that immigration agents were visiting places of worship to carry out deportations, the pews inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in downtown Los Angeles became less and less crowded.