On another occasion, before an operation in Los Angeles, another agent warned: “There are tonks everywhere selling food.” In a motion filed Monday in a Los Angeles court, the organization argues that officers decided whom to detain based essentially on physical appearance and skin color. Former Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino in Los Angeles, August 2025. Carlin Stiehl (Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag)The filing is part of a lawsuit the ACLU and other organizations brought in July 2025 on behalf of five individuals and four immigrant advocacy groups. In a statement, Joachin said the evidence only “confirmed what our communities have known from the start: immigration agents flagrantly violate the law by detaining people without justification.”