Class certification granted for journalists suing over immigration protest crackdown in SoCal

A federal judge granted class certification to journalists and others suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over its policy of responding to recording of agents with force during immigration enforcement protests in Southern California. The lawsuit, led by the LA Press Club and News Guild, alleges DHS treated peaceful filming as an unlawful threat, citing incidents where journalists were injured by crowd control weapons during ICE raids and subsequent crackdowns.