The city and county of Los Angeles, along with several municipalities in Southern California, are seeking to join a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration over recent immigration raids.

A court ruling Friday orders a halt to a chaotic and relentless 36-day immigration crackdown that’s upended life across Southern California.

As Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong’s ruling rippled across the region, the federal government requested an immediate stay, pending appeal. Here’s what you need to know.

In a searing ruling, a federal judge in Los Angeles temporarily blocked the Trump administration from conducting indiscriminate sweeps in immigrant communities, saying they probably violate the 4th Amendment.

Immigrant workers are central to recovery efforts in neighborhoods burned in the January wildfires, but recent raids have led some to stay home.

A federal judge on Friday ruled that immigration officers in southern California can't rely solely on someone's race or speaking Spanish to stop and detain people

The Council on American-Islamic Relations–Greater Los Angeles Area (CAIR-LA) condemned the largest single-day immigration enforcement action in California history, which resulted in the death of a farmworker and the mass detention of about 200 people,

The lead plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit were sitting at a bus stop in Pasadena when federal agents converged, and apprehended them. On Friday, their allegations gained traction with a federal