Organized left-wing activist groups encouraged protesters to arrive at a chaotic Southern California immigration raid where a man allegedly opened

Federal immigration agents seeking to detain a Honduran landscaper chased him into a Southern California surgical center and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff as clinic staff demanded to see identification and a warrant.

The ACLU's federal lawsuit claims the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement operations violate the Constitution.

This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. A deaf and mute Mongolian man has spent more than four months in a Southern California immigrant detention center without the opportunity to communicate with anyone who understands Mongolian Sign Language,

Perris is predominantly Latino, with nearly 80% of its about 80,000 residents identifying as Hispanic or Latino, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Legal representatives said that clients seeking citizenship face significant hurdles, from immigration fraud to fears of showing up in court amid ongoing ICE arrests.

San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.5 million Catholics in Southern California, has formally excused parishioners from their weekly obligation to attend Mass following immigration detentions on two parish properties in the diocese.

The Catholic Diocese of Sacramento announced it is standing in solidarity with the San Bernardino diocese, whose bishop said in a letter to parishioners that they can skip Sunday mass over fears that ICE raids could lead to arrests on church grounds.