WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal officials on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's escalating campaign to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally, including a California farm raid that left one worker dead, and said the administration would appeal a ruling to halt some of its more aggressive tactics.

A California judge said it was likely that the Trump administration broke the law by arresting people 'without reasonable suspicion.'

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California. The order Friday also bars the federal government from