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<\/p>\nWASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2025 \u2014 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with the Trump administration in a high-stakes immigration case, allowing federal agents to resume aggressive raids in Southern California that critics say rely heavily on racial and language profiling.<\/p>\n
In a brief, unsigned order, the court lifted a lower court\u2019s injunction that had blocked immigration officers from detaining people without \u201creasonable suspicion\u201d of unlawful status. The suspension now permits agents to consider factors such as race, ethnicity, or accented speech during stops \u2014 a practice opponents argue amounts to unconstitutional targeting of Latinos.<\/p>\n
The decision drew a sharp dissent from the court\u2019s three liberal justices. Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the ruling effectively authorizes agents to treat \u201call Latinos, U.S. citizens or not, who work low-wage jobs\u201d as fair game for detention. \u201cRather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
The case stems from a July 11 ruling by U.S. District Judge Maame Frimpong in Los Angeles, who found the raids likely violated the Fourth Amendment\u2019s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. Her order, later upheld by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, temporarily halted patrols that relied on race or language as justification for detentions.<\/p>\n
The Trump administration quickly celebrated Monday\u2019s reversal. Attorney General Pam Bondi called the decision a \u201cmassive victory,\u201d saying agents can now conduct \u201croving patrols in California without judicial micromanagement.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Civil rights groups decried the ruling as a setback for immigrant communities. The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, which represents a group of Latino plaintiffs including U.S. citizens, accused the administration of \u201cracist deportation schemes\u201d and vowed to continue litigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis decision is a devastating blow,\u201d said ACLU attorney Mohammad Tajsar. \u201cFor months, our communities have been subjected to stops and interrogations simply for the color of their skin or the language they speak.\u201d<\/p>\n
One plaintiff, Pedro Vasquez Perdomo, described being detained without explanation or warrant. \u201cI was treated like I didn\u2019t matter \u2014 locked up, cold, hungry, and without a lawyer,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, the Supreme Court says that\u2019s okay? That\u2019s racism with a badge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Concurring with the majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that while ethnicity alone cannot establish reasonable suspicion, it may be considered a \u201crelevant factor\u201d alongside others.<\/p>\n
The ruling marks the latest in a string of Supreme Court victories for Trump\u2019s hardline immigration agenda during his second term. The court has previously upheld policies allowing deportations to third countries and the revocation of temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of migrants.<\/p>\n
Trump campaigned in 2024 on promises of record deportations, a pledge that has fueled both fear and resistance in immigrant-heavy communities. In June, he deployed National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles to quell protests against the raids, an extraordinary move that California officials denounced as unlawful.<\/p>\n
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With Monday\u2019s order, federal agents are poised to intensify operations in Southern California, a region already roiled by protests and lawsuits challenging the administration\u2019s tactics.<\/p>\n
Reporting by Andrew Chung in New York; Editing by Will Dunham<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2025 \u2014 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with the Trump administration in a…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,28,30],"tags":[60,48,49,50],"class_list":["post-2843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space-future","category-travel","category-world","tag-education","tag-feature","tag-human-interest","tag-international","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\n