Skip to content
LPBN-Icon-v1
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network

Judge rejects challenge to ordinance barring police from approaching persons solely for immigration purposes

By immigrationprof

Judge Rolf M. Treu of Los Angeles Superior Court granted a motion from the city and the American Civil Liberties Union for a summary judgment against a suit filed in 2006 by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, challenging Special Order 40, a long standing order that prohibits local police from approaching persons solely to ascertain their immigration status. Judge True held that the order did not violate federal immigration law, nor barred federal immigration agencies from communicating with local police.  For the full story, click here.

ra