"In a 63 decision on Monday, the court's conservative majority lifted restrictions on roving immigration patrols across the LA area after a lower court found that federal agents were indiscriminately targeting people on the basis of race, language, employment or location. The high court's ruling alarmed civil liberties advocates and rattled immigrant communities in a county where one in three residents is foreign-born, and where the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement has already seen armed and masked federal agents detain residents, including US citizens, near bus stops, construction sites, churches and other public spaces with little explanation or due process."
"Bass quoted from the forceful dissent issued by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina to serve on the court, who warned: 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. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent."
The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision lifting restrictions on roving immigration patrols across the Los Angeles area, reversing a lower court finding of indiscriminate targeting. Civil liberties groups and immigrant communities expressed alarm, warning that federal agents could stop people based on race, language, employment or location. Los Angeles, with one in three residents foreign-born, has already seen armed, masked federal agents detain residents near bus stops, construction sites, churches and other public spaces with little explanation or due process. Local leaders condemned the ruling and quoted a dissent warning against seizure of people who appear Latino or speak Spanish.
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