The judge's decision requires DHS to provide better access to legal counsel for detainees and blocks agents from stopping individuals based on factors like their race or the language they speak.

The lead plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit were sitting at a bus stop in Pasadena when federal agents converged, and apprehended them. On Friday, their allegations gained traction with a federal

The judge said there was "a mountain of evidence" that federal agents had arrested people solely based on characteristics such as race, employment and accent.

Last month, the Supreme Court limited the use of nationwide injunctions, which allow judges to block policies they have found unlawful from going into effect nationwide. Now a New Hampshire judge is road-testing a substitute: He has temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order by certifying a class action to cover babies born in all 50 states.