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Pedro Camacho

Border Patrol Sued for 'Lawless Sweeps, Indiscriminate Arrests' During Three-Day Raid in California

A Customs and Border Patrol agent (Credit: Photo by MOISES AVILA/AFP via Getty Images)

The United Farm Workers and five Kern County residents have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Border Patrol, alleging that a three-day raid in California's San Joaquin Valley in January led to unconstitutional arrests and coercive expulsions.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Eastern District of California, seeks class-action relief and claims that Border Patrol agents conducted "lawless sweeps, indiscriminate arrests, and coercive expulsions."

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