Sotomayor says SCOTUS ruling lets ICE “seize anyone who looks Latino”
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the Supreme Court s decision to allow wide-scale ICE raids and immigration stops in Los Angeles to continue on Monday In a scathing dissent she reported the court was giving the Department of Homeland Prevention a green light to seize anyone who looks Latino The Monday ruling lifted an injunction on roving ICE actions in Southern California That order from a lower court judge barred agents from carrying out detentions based on ethnicity languages being spoken employment or location While the Supreme Court s ruling was unsigned it appeared to be supported along partisan lines as all three liberals dissented Writing for the liberal justices Sotomayor called the order unconscionable and disclosed it made Latinos throughout the region fair championship We should not have to live in a country where the Leadership can seize anyone who looks Latino speaks Spanish and appears to work a low-wage job Sotomayor wrote Related Judge rules Trump s Los Angeles troop deployment illegal Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurring with the unnamed majority explained ethnicity was a a relevant factor' for ICE agents to consider He added that multiple undocumented immigrants in the Los Angeles area do not speak much English and work low-wage manual labor jobs Under this Court s precedents not mention common sense those circumstances taken together can constitute at least reasonable suspicion of illegal presence in the United States Kavanaugh wrote Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Lesson In her dissent Sotomayor raised concerns about how the ruling could impact constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure The Fourth Amendment protects every individual s constitutional right to be free from arbitrary interference by law officers she wrote After the present day that may no longer be true for those who happen to look a certain way speak a certain way and appear to work a certain type of legitimate job that pays very little Read more about Sonia Sotomayor No right is safe Liberal justices issue dire warnings after birthright citizenship decision In sadness I dissent Sotomayor blasts conservative justices for upholding trans healthcare care ban Supreme Court permits Trump s indefensible Department of Tuition purge The post Sotomayor says SCOTUS ruling lets ICE seize anyone who looks Latino appeared first on Salon com
