A group immigrants and legal advocates filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from arresting migrants who appear at immigration courts for previously scheduled hearings and placing them on a fast-track to deportation.

Santa Ana is the only Orange County city to participate in the lawsuit so far, joining Los Angeles County and eight other cities.

The U.S. Justice Department explored bringing criminal charges against Minnesota judges and defense lawyers who discussed requesting virtual court hearings to protect defendants from being arrested by federal immigration officers,

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to detain far more people than before, tapping a legal authority to jail anyone who entered the country illegally. Todd Lyons, ICE’s

Some CT lawmakers supported enforcement efforts against immigrants with criminal pasts, but they are now balking at heavy-handed approaches.

The guidance could be applied to millions of people who crossed the border illegally and are contesting their deportation.

The union said the judges were working in courts in 10 different states across the country — California, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) are facing backlash over their responses to a reporter asking whether they “care if U.S. citizens accidentally get detained in [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] ICE raids.

Barranco was released to his family around 2 p.m. on July 15 and was taken to the hospital for a physical check-up.

The dramatic surge in funding for immigration enforcement agencies puts spending at a level that rivals foreign military forces, creating a benchmark critics fear will serve as the norm for years

Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided Colt Grill locations in the Village of Oak Creek and Cottonwood on Tuesday, July 15. At least five people were detained in the VOC and transported to Yavapai County Detention Center in Camp Verde by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office for HSI.