LA Mayor Karen Bass attempted to stop an ICE raid on Monday (Getty Images)
Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto said the lawsuit is intended to send a message to the Trump administration that the city will not allow the raids to become "standard operating procedure."
"The federal government has concentrated thousands of armed immigration agents, many of whom lack visible identification, and military troops in our communities, conducting unconstitutional raids, roundups and anonymous detentions, sowing fear and chaos among our residents," said Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto. "Today’s motion to intervene shows we will not stand by and allow these raids to continue or to become the standard operating procedure in our communities."
A coalition of individual immigrants and immigrant advocacy organizations, led by The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California and the non-profit Public Counsel, filed the original class-action lawsuit "Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem," against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demanding an immediate halt to what it describes as unlawful immigration raids across the Los Angeles area targeting migrants with "brown skin."
Rioters have graffitied buildings across LA in response to immigration raids. (HUD )
The release from Bass’s office suggested that the actions were for the "seemingly sole purpose of bringing fear to Los Angeles."
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Bass said she and other elected officials will not accept the presence of federalized troops and military-style vehicles on their streets and will use every resource available to bring an end to what she characterized as "reckless raids."
Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
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