The suit alleges “Operation Return to Sender” was a “fishing expedition” that indiscriminately targeted scores of residents, including U.S. citizens, through racial profiling.

They stopped us because we look Latino or like farmworkers, because of the color of our skin,” said one plaintiff.

U.S. Border Patrol made two major drug busts in California with a total street value of over $1.2 million, including seizures of cocaine and fentanyl.

ACLU attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging the Border Patrol's January raid in Kern County indiscriminately targeted Latino laborers and that the immigrants detained were coerced into signing voluntary deportation agreements.

A complaint describes aggressive enforcement tactics, including agents allegedly smashing car windows, slashing tires, and detaining individuals without explanation