(The United Farm Workers Union filed the suit). The lawsuit was filed against the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection and the US Border Patrol.

The lawsuit claims the raids last month in the Central Valley were unlawful. The action was filed by the UFW and five Kern County Residents. The lawsuit seeks to prohibit the government agencies from stopping, arresting and summarily expelling community members from the country using practices that violate the US Constitution and federal law. The suit a;;eges Border Patrol agents based at the US/Mexico border traveled 300 mies in January to Bakersfield to launch a week-long operation through predominately Latin areas of Kern County and the surrounding area. They say those apprehended were transported to the El Centro Border Patrol Station to coerce them into voluntary departure, a form of summary expulsion which can result in a yearslong bar on reentry to the US.