Vasquez-Perdomo v. Noem

Clients

Pedro Vasquez Perdomo is a resident of Pasadena, California who was arrested at a bus stop as he was waiting to be picked up for a job on June 18, 2025. He filed this action while detained in the basement of the Los Angeles downtown federal building, B-18. Because of his Latino ethnicity and identity as a day laborer, he fears being subject to a future stop by federal agents without reasonable suspicion.

Carlos Alexander Osorto is a resident of Pasadena, California who was arrested at a bus stop as he was waiting to be picked up for a job on June 18, 2025. He filed this action while detained in the basement of the Los Angeles downtown federal building, B-18. Because of his Latino ethnicity and identity as a day laborer, he fears being subject to a future stop by federal agents without reasonable suspicion.

Isaac Villegas Molina is a resident of Pasadena, California who was arrested at a bus stop as he was waiting to be picked up for a job on June 18, 2025. He filed this action while detained in the basement of the Los Angeles downtown federal building, B-18. Because of his Latino ethnicity and identity as a day laborer, he fears being subject to a future stop by federal agents without reasonable suspicion.

Jorge Hernandez Viramontes is a resident of Baldwin Park, California. He works at a car wash in Orange County, California that has been visited three times by immigration agents, most recently on June 18, 2025, when he was questioned and detained by agents despite informing them he is a U.S. citizen. He fears being subjected to similar actions again on the basis of his Latino ethnicity and accent.

Jason Brian Gavidia is a resident of East Los Angeles, California. He was stopped and questioned by immigration agents at a tow yard in Los Angeles County on June 12, 2025, despite explaining multiple times he is a U.S. Citizen. Agents pushed him against the metal gated fence, put his hands behind his back, and twisted his arm. He was finally let go, but was terrified by this experience and fears being subjected to similar actions again on the basis of his Latino ethnicity.

Los Angeles Worker Center Network (LAWCN) is a multiracial, multi-ethnic, and multi-industry organization comprised of worker centers and labor organizations that work together to address injustices faced by low-wage workers in the greater Los Angeles area, including immigrant and non-English speaking workers. LAWCN’s worker center members include the CLEAN Carwash Worker Center, the Garment Worker Center, the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, the Los Angeles Black Worker Center, the Philipino Workers Center, and the Warehouse Worker Resource Center. These worker center members in turn have members, including noncitizens with legal status and U.S. citizens, who have been subjected to and are at risk of being subjected in the future to the stop and arrest policies and practices challenged in this case.

United Farm Workers (UFW) is the largest farm worker union in the country with approximately 10,000 members, with more members in California than in any other state. UFW aims to improve the lives, wages, and working conditions of agricultural workers and their families, including by advocating for immigration reform and immigrants’ rights. UFW’s members in California work at agricultural sites as well as non-agricultural sites within the District. UFW has members, including noncitizens with legal status and U.S. citizens, who have been, and are at risk of being, subjected in the future to the stop and arrest policies and practices challenged in this case.

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is a nonprofit organization with its principal place of business in Los Angeles, California. CHIRLA was founded in 1986 to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees. Since then, CHIRLA has become one of the largest and most effective advocates for immigrant rights, organizing, educating and defending immigrants and refugees in the streets, in the courts, and in the halls of power. As a membership organization, CHIRLA has approximately 50,000 members across California, including both U.S. citizens and noncitizens of varying immigration status. CHIRLA has members in every county in the District. CHIRLA’s staff also includes attorneys and Department of Justice (DOJ) accredited representatives who provide pro bono legal services to clients in removal proceedings, including those who are detained. Additionally, CHIRLA coordinates the Los Angeles Rapid Response Network (LARRN) and educates its membership as well as the broader community through know-your-rights programming, workshops, social media, and educational literature about a variety of social services and benefits, including immigration law, financial literacy, workers’ rights, and civic engagement.

Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) is a nonprofit organization having its principal place of business in Los Angeles, California. Besides Los Angeles, ImmDef has offices in Riverside, Santa Ana, and San Diego, California, and works across the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana. ImmDef was founded in 2015 to protect the due process rights of immigrants facing deportation. At its founding, ImmDef was focused on ensuring that every immigrant before the immigration court had a lawyer by their side. In the years that followed, ImmDef expanded its mission beyond helping individuals facing deportation to also work towards systemic change that reimagines a more just immigration system. ImmDef provides deportation defense, legal representation, legal education, and social services to detained and non-detained children and adults.

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