A federal judge in California issued two restraining orders blocking federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from conducting random detentions of people in Los Angeles and denying access to legal advice.

Chuco, a pit bull, was dropped at a shelter after his owner was deported last month. Many other dogs and cats in L.A. are facing similar circumstances as their caretakers vanish or flee.

A federal judge is expected to make a rule in the lawsuit against ICE and CBP operations in Los Angeles on Friday

Civil rights groups alleged that ICE and Border Patrol agents are rounding people up based on their race, and denying them access to lawyers. A federal judge said there's ample evidence what they're doing is illegal.

The court’s temporary restraining order has dealt a blow to the Trump administration’s pledge to carry out mass deportations in the city.

The Trump administration's sweeping immigration raids in Southern California faced a legal roadblock on Friday, as the White House looks to ramp up similar operations across the country using a surge of resources recently approved by Congress.

A federal judge on Friday temporarily stopped the administration from making indiscriminate arrests based on race and denying detainees access to lawyers.

The temporary restraining order blocks sweeping immigration raids in seven California counties, including Los Angeles and Ventura counties, after

The move follows the Archdiocese of San Bernardino releasing Catholics from the obligation to attend Mass if they are concerned about being deported.

As word spread among Catholics that immigration agents were visiting places of worship to carry out deportations, the pews inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in downtown Los Angeles became less and less crowded.