Immigrant-Rights Groups Can Join Lawsuit
A Superior Court judge on Wednesday gave four immigrant-rights groups permission to intervene as defendants in a lawsuit brought by the taxpayer group Judicial Watch. The suit challenges the Police Department’s Special Order 40, which generally prohibits police officers from asking people about their immigration status.
Judge Rolf Treu allowed the groups Break the Cycle, Los Jornaleros, El Comite de Jornaleros, and El Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California to join the case so they can argue for the special order.
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