Newman was co-counsel on a lawsuit that won a temporary restraining order against the indiscriminate immigration raids that have afflicted Southern California since June. He also represents the family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

California and 20 other states filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration for barring undocumented immigrants from more than a dozen public benefit programs, including the Head Start preschool program, adult education, mental health and substance addiction programs, and shelters for at-risk youth and domestic violence survivors.

Mayor Ashleigh Aitken said, “Indiscriminate and inhumane immigration enforcement has left residents in fear, businesses without customers and our community and economy shaken.”

The city of Los Angeles and other Southern California municipalities are joining a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration aimed at halting immigration raids that have spread panic among immigrant communities and sparked widespread protests.

Officials in Orange County’s biggest city, Anaheim, are moving to join a federal lawsuit against ICE raids in Southern California.

Pomona plans to join a federal lawsuit that seeks to prohibit immigration enforcement operations performed without probable cause. In an emergency meeting July 11, the council voted 6-0 with Councilmember Debra Martin absent to join the class-action suit originally filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and a few other civil rights groups on behalf of five California residents.

The ACLU's federal lawsuit claims the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement operations violate the Constitution.

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

Nearly two weeks after the Trump administration staged major raids at two legal cannabis farm sites in California, the reason for the operation remains unclear.

One of the temporary restraining orders requested would prohibit agents from stopping people based on race or occupation. The other would require agents to provide legal counsel for detainees.