Supreme Court allows Trump ICE raids to resume in California
The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue carrying out immigration raids in California after advocacy groups argued that federal authorities were stopping suspected illegal immigrants without a valid reason.
The high court’s 6-3 decision, issued along ideological lines, is temporary while the case proceeds in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
It came after a federal judge in July blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting raids in Los Angeles County, finding the plaintiffs likely would succeed in their argument that the raids violated the Fourth Amendment. The Ninth Circuit upheld that order, leading the Trump administration to turn to the Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court’s order is a major victory for the Trump administration as it enacts an aggressive deportation agenda across the country. California, one of four major border states, saw high-profile protests and riots crop up over the summer over ICE’s raids and the National Guard, which Trump deployed to Los Angeles at the objection of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The Department of Homeland Security celebrated the Supreme Court’s emergency decision on Monday in a statement, saying it would not allow Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, to protect illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds.
“A win for the safety of Californians and the rule of law,” a DHS spokesperson said. “DHS law enforcement will not be slowed down and will continue to arrest and remove the murderers, rapists, gang members and other criminal illegal aliens that Karen Bass continues to give safe harbor.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement ICE would now be able to continue “roving patrols” without “judicial micromanagement.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor filed a dissent, saying the emergency order greenlighting the raids was “troubling” because the majority gave no explanation for the move, which she said was “unconscionably irreconcilable” with the Constitution.
“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job,” Sotomayor wrote.
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