A Biden-appointed federal judge sided with the activist narrative against mass deportations as a major retailer and other locations became de facto sanctuaries for illegal aliens.
Nearly half a year into President Donald Trump’s second administration and lawfare has yet to let up despite repeated legal victories at the highest level. Friday marked another setback for national sovereignty from a California district court after a judge issued temporary restraining orders blocking immigration enforcement officials “from carrying out arrests at Home Depots, car washes, etc in the LA area.”
U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong in the Central District of California had sided with the ACLU and local leaders including Mayor Karen Bass (D) in the case of Perdomo et al. v. Noem et al. as she had argued “a mountain of evidence” supported claims that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents were “unlawfully” targeting groups of people without “reasonable suspicion that there is a violation of immigration law.”
Ahead of the Friday TROs, Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin had reported that Frimpong’s orders would prohibit CBP and ICE agents “from relying on race, Spanish speaking, location, and type of work when making immigration arrests,” as the order blocks officials “from conducting stops of suspected illegal immigrants unless the agent has a reasonable suspicion that there is a violation of immigration law.”
BREAKING: @FoxNews has learned that LA federal judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong (Biden appointee), has written a tentative decision that sides w/ the ACLU & plaintiffs over the Trump administration & will potentially block DHS from carrying out arrests at Home Depots, car… pic.twitter.com/ReaEvWdjCA
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 10, 2025
Frimpong had referred to the ruling as a “tentative decision” and indicated “she can change her mind at any moment” before she had made her ruling Friday that also demanded legal representation be provided to those arrested.
Taking a victory lap on the temporary ruling, mere days after Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino had fueled outrage by offering dispensation from attending Mass to those with “genuine fear” of deportation, Bass posted a video to X to further spin the notion that federal law enforcement was in the wrong as she expressed, “L.A. has been under assault as masked men snatch people off the street and chase people through parking lots and summer camps. But today, the Court ruled in favor of the United States Constitution. This is a win for Los Angeles and it is a win for cities all across the nation.”
L.A. has been under assault as masked men snatch people off the street and chase people through parking lots and summer camps.
But today, the Court ruled in favor of the United States Constitution.
This is a win for Los Angeles and it is a win for cities all across the nation. pic.twitter.com/MrCkwQFb13
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) July 12, 2025
That sentiment wasn’t shared by the Trump administration as White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted, “The ruling has just been issued. A communist judge in LA has ordered ICE to report directly to her and radical left NGOs — not the president. This is another act of insurrection against the United States and its sovereign people.”
Likewise, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said of the ruling, “We strongly disagree with the allegations in the lawsuit and maintain that our agents have never detained individuals without proper legal justification. Our federal agents will continue to enforce the law and abide by the U.S. Constitution.”
Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security stated of Frimpong’s decision, “A district judge is undermining the will of the American people. America’s brave men and women are removing murderers, MS-13 gang members, pedophiles, rapists–truly the worst of the worst from Golden State communities. LAW AND ORDER WILL PREVAIL!”
The ruling has just been issued. A communist judge in LA has ordered ICE to report directly to her and radical left NGOs — not the president. This is another act of insurrection against the United States and its sovereign people. https://t.co/pkEjl7lEP4
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) July 12, 2025
A district judge is undermining the will of the American people.
America’s brave men and women are removing murderers, MS-13 gang members, pedophiles, rapists—truly the worst of the worst from Golden State communities.
LAW AND ORDER WILL PREVAIL! https://t.co/DpmOJejUFu
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 12, 2025
The judge had given the parties until July 16, 2025, to file a joint status report regarding an expected Order to Show Cause hearing as the suit continued.
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