The Supreme Court Allows ICE Agents to Continue Arrests in Los Angeles

By The Blog Source

As a legal struggle over sanctuary city enforcement continues, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed with the Trump administration and let ICE agents continue making arrests in Los Angeles.

Citing concerns about racial profiling, President Joe Biden's appointee, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, suspended ICE activities in the Los Angeles metro region in July. The Trump administration sought relief from the Supreme Court after the Ninth Circuit affirmed her decision.

Writing for the conservative majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh claimed that avoiding questioning is "an interest in evading the law," not a legal right, and underlined that immigration stops "based on reasonable suspicion of illegal presence have been an important component of U.S. immigration enforcement for decades."

In a scathing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, accused the majority of abusing the Court's emergency docket and cautioned against a nation in which law enforcement "may seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low-wage job."

The Supreme Court's ruling, which temporarily reinstates ICE's ability to carry out enforcement actions in one of the biggest sanctuary cities in the country, is a major victory for the Trump administration's immigration policy. The decision on Monday comes after a string of court challenges that started in July when U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong halted ICE operations in Los Angeles. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals subsequently affirmed her injunction, which referenced allegations of racial profiling, paving the way for the crucial Supreme Court battle.

Writing for the 6-3 majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh emphasized that the power to detain people on the basis of probable suspicion has long been a cornerstone of federal immigration enforcement. For many years, across several presidential administrations, "immigration stops based on reasonable suspicion of illegal presence have been an important component of U.S. immigration enforcement," Kavanaugh said. He continued by asserting that the surge in illegal immigration under Biden justifies ICE's increased focus on Los Angeles. Those who are in the country illegally ultimately benefit from avoiding law enforcement stops for interrogation. "That is not a very significant legal interest," he said.

Along with Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, Justice Sonia Sotomayor vehemently dissented against the majority's use of the emergency docket and warned of wider ramifications. "We shouldn't have to live in a nation where anyone who speaks Spanish, looks Latino, and seems to have a low-paying job can be taken away by the government," Sotomayor wrote. "I dissent rather than watch helplessly as our constitutional liberties are taken away."

In a statement on X, Attorney General Pamela Bondi praised the Justice Department lawyers for defending ICE and hailed the decision as "another massive victory at the Supreme Court." "The Court stayed an injunction that attempted to impede ICE operations throughout the Los Angeles area in a 6-3 decision," she wrote. Without court micromanagement, ICE may now carry out roaming sweeps throughout California. We'll keep up the battle and prevail in court for the @POTUS agenda.

As the lawsuit progresses through the legal system, the decision permits ICE to continue its enforcement activities in Los Angeles. This ruling is another rebuke of sanctuary city laws that have restricted the authority of federal law enforcement, which Trump has made a central tenet of his presidency.

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