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Pedro Camacho

Judge Blocks Warrantless Border Patrol Stops in California: 'You Just Can't Walk up to People With Brown Skin

Farm workers labor in the fields of Bakersfield, Kern County (Credit: Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Border Patrol agents from conducting warrantless immigration stops or arrests without proper justification in a large portion of California. Specifically, in the state's Eastern District, which spans from Redding to Bakersfield

The decision stems from a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) following a January sweep by Border Patrol agents in Kern County, where dozens of individuals, many appearing to be farmworkers or day laborers, were detained without warrants or probable cause.

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