Another Orange County city is looking to intervene or lend support to a lawsuit challenging how federal immigration sweeps are being conducted in Southern California while also considering creating a legal defense fund to help protect residents in court from being deported.
Officials in Santa Ana, Anaheim, Irvine and Fullerton either voted to join or support the federal lawsuit, spearheaded by the ACLU, which alleges federal immigration officers are racially profiling people to make warrantless deportation arrests.
At their 4 p.m. meeting on Tuesday, Costa Mesa City Council members are slated to discuss behind closed doors potentially joining or supporting the ACLU’s lawsuit filed on behalf of five people arrested in Los Angeles County and immigrant rights organizations…