"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave its approval for federal immigration agents to stop and detain anyone in the Los Angeles area based on factors including "the type of work one does," a person's use of Spanish or accented English, or their "apparent race or ethnicity" - allowing what critics called "blatant racial profiling" to be used to carry out President Donald Trump's mass detention and deportation plan."
"The court's three liberal justices dissented, but the right-wing majority sided with the Department of Homeland Security, whose agents in recent months have carried out sweeping raids across the Los Angeles area, including in incidents that have been caught on video and appear to be armed roundups of large randomized groups of Latino people - not operations targeted at arresting violent criminals, as the Trump administration has previously suggested."
The Supreme Court authorized federal immigration agents to stop and detain people in the Los Angeles area using factors such as type of work, use of Spanish or accented English, and apparent race or ethnicity. The court provided no full explanation; Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a separate opinion endorsing use of "commonsense" criteria including English proficiency and work type. Three liberal justices dissented, warning that the government could seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low-wage job. Department of Homeland Security agents have recently carried out sweeping raids in Los Angeles, including video-captured roundups of large groups of Latino people. Critics described the ruling as enabling racial profiling and advancing mass detention and deportation efforts.
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