City of Pasadena’s Legal Filing Regarding Aggressive and Dangerous Federal Immigration Enforcement Practices

PASADENA, Calif - Today, the City of Pasadena, along with eight other public agencies, including the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, the City of Culver City, the City of Montebello, the City of Monterey Park, the City of Pico Rivera, the City of Santa Monica, and the City of West Hollywood, filed a motion to intervene in the Vasquez Perdomo et al. v. Noem et al. lawsuit, which seeks to stop the federal government from engaging in aggressive and dangerous immigration enforcement practices in Pasadena and the Los Angeles area.

In recent weeks, Pasadena has experienced an unprecedented increase in aggressive federal immigration enforcement activity, which has spread fear, confusion, and distress among Pasadena residents, including those who have lived in the City for decades and even among US citizens. The federal government's unannounced actions have hindered local businesses, as customers and business owners-including U.S. citizens-choose to stay home out of fear of being arbitrarily detained or even arrested. Similarly, the Pasadena Police Department has been forced to divert limited local resources to determine whether individuals exiting unmarked vehicles are armed, masked, unidentified federal law enforcement agents or armed, masked, unidentified vigilantes. Pasadena joined with others today in litigation calling for the federal government to stop employing these aggressive and dangerous tactics which we believe are improper and unconstitutional.

Pasadena remains fully committed to the dignity, well-being, and safety of all its residents.

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