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Lawsuits Against Trump Administration Argue Immigration Policies Are Breaking The Law
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2025-10-22 20:44:02
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Here are the morning’s top stories on Wednesday, October 22, 2025…

  • California civil rights advocates are calling on the federal courts to halt Trump administration policies leading to the arrest of asylum seekers, victims of trafficking and people attending immigration court hearings. A series of recent class action lawsuits argue: the arrests violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
  • Humboldt County is getting $75 million for mental health care. The hope is that it will relieve pressure on emergency departments and jails serving those in crisis.

Bay Area Advocates Head To Court To Halt Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies

In a series of recent class action lawsuits, Bay Area civil rights advocates are calling on the federal courts to halt what they call illegal Trump administration policies that are leading to the arrest of asylum seekers, victims of human trafficking and people attending immigration court hearings.

The three lawsuits filed in federal courts in California in recent weeks are part of a larger legal pushback by advocacy groups across the country challenging the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.

At a time when Homeland Security officials tout arrests of “heinous” criminals they call the “worst of the worst,” the lawsuits put the focus on the ways U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has targeted vulnerable people such as domestic violence survivors and those who’ve fled persecution, said UC Davis Law Professor Kevin Johnson. “These are serious constitutional and statutory claims … challenging the efforts of the Trump administration to tighten the immigration enforcement machinery around non-citizens,” he said.

State, County Fund $75 Million Expansion Of Mental Health Care In Humboldt County

Humboldt County is getting tens of millions of dollars for mental health care in an effort to relieve pressure on emergency departments and jails serving those in crisis.

State Senator Mike McGuire this week announced $75 million in state and county funding to expand mental health services in Humboldt County. The money will be used to build a new 20-bed inpatient psychiatric center in Eureka, set to open in 2030. The building will replace the 58-year-old Sempervirens Psychiatric Health Facility.

The Mad River Crisis Triage Center in Arcata also received $5.5 million for a 43-bed facility. The center previously received $12.4 million in contributions from the state, county, local hospitals and donors. The Sorrel Leaf Healing Center in Eureka will also open the region’s first children’s crisis residential program with $750,000 in funding. The program will be located on a 13-acre therapeutic farm.

“The federal government, President Trump and federal Republicans are cutting health care and taking health care away from millions,” McGuire said. “The state of California is going to continue to invest and chart our future and focus on solving our toughest problems.”
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