Los Angeles City Attorney leads a growing coalition of cities in a lawsuit against federal immigration enforcement practices.

The Justice Department called a lower-court order that limited the raids “a straitjacket" for law enforcement.

The initial court order from U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong prohibited federal agents from basing arrests on people's occupation, race or ethnicity, the fact that they may have an accent or speak Spanish, or their presence in a location.