US EditionSotomayor rails against LA immigration raid ruling in dissent
Justice Sotomayor dissented against the Supreme Court's lifting of protections against racial profiling in immigration stops, highlighting harm to U.S. citizens and legal residents, especially in Los Angeles.
- Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized the ruling that allows ICE to conduct immigration stops in Los Angeles based on ethnicity, calling it "unconscionable" and racially profiling Latinos.
- The Supreme Court's decision lifted an injunction that had barred federal agents from detaining individuals based on their appearance, language, or job type.
- Sotomayor expressed concerns about the Fourth Amendment's protections being undermined, warning that it enables racial profiling against Latino individuals.
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh stated that ethnicity is a relevant factor for ICE agents, claiming that low-wage workers may indicate undocumented status.
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No Means No: CBS Pesters Sotomayor for Fears About ICE, U.S.’s Future
On Tuesday, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor made an appearance on CBS Mornings to promote the release of her new children’s book, Just Shine!: How to Be a Better You. The anchors for CBS found it appropriate to repeatedly badger a Supreme Court Justice with off-topic questions concerning Monday’s ruling on illegal-immigration ICE raids in California and for her thoughts about America’s future. Co-anchor Tony Dokoupil briefly…
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'I'd love to see the data': Mika challenges border czar to share reports on immigration raids
The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a federal judge's ruling that restricted federal officers’ ability to conduct immigration stops in the Los Angeles area, prompting a harsh rebuke from liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Trump Border Czar Tom Homan joins Morning Joe to discuss.
Sotomayor soils her robe over SCOTUS ruling on LA illegal alien raids · American Wire News
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor went off after a Monday ruling didn’t go her way when the justices lifted a lower court judge’s block on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents making stops in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion. In the 6-3 ruling that will allow ICE to resume its raids which advocacy groups claimed were being carried out using “blatant racial profiling,” the conservative majority lifted restrictions that wer…
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