An appellate hearing is scheduled Monday in the Trump administration's bid for a stay pending appeal of a temporary restraining order halting the federal government's aggressive, month-long immigration sweeps across Southern California.

The Justice Department was grilled by an appeals court panel Monday over its bid to pause restrictions on immigration raids in Los Angeles that were put in place by a federal district court order. A three-judge panel on the U.

As Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong’s ruling rippled across the region, the federal government requested an immediate stay, pending appeal. Here’s what you need to know.