Racial Profiling Is ICE's New Norm. Activists Are Mobilizing in Response.

"When the Supreme Court overturned a temporary restraining order in September that kept U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials from questioning and detaining people based on their language, skin color, or occupation - effectively clearing the way for racial profiling - Guadalupe Cardona was not surprised. Cardona is a member of Unión del Barrio, a national organization that has led resistance efforts against ICE and police violence since its inception in 1981. Since the Trump administration took office - but especially in recent months - she has witnessed daily scenes of ICE snatching primarily Latino people off the streets and detaining them without identifying themselves or giving due process."

""The communities that are being attacked are people who are keeping the world going, producing goods and foods, building things and providing services and doing all the things that are necessary in order for this nation to flourish and continue," Cardona said."

"To Reyna Montoya, founder and CEO of Aliento, an organization that works in Arizona to support immigrant families and Dreamers who came to the U.S. at a young age, the Supreme Court's order greenlighting ICE's racial profiling echoed a reality that people in her state had already lived through: the legalization of racial profiling by law enforcement in order to detain individuals they believed to be immigrants under SB 1070. During this time, from its implementation in 2010 to"

The Supreme Court overturned a temporary restraining order that had barred ICE from questioning or detaining people based on language, skin color, or occupation, effectively permitting racial profiling. Activists and community organizers report increased ICE raids that primarily target Latino people and involve detaining individuals without identifying themselves or providing due process. Unión del Barrio members and other immigrant-rights groups describe the impacted communities as essential workers who sustain the nation’s economy. Advocates in Arizona compare the ruling to SB 1070, which legalized racial profiling by law enforcement to detain suspected immigrants.

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