Court Is Wrong to Allow Sweeping Immigration Raids

Court is wrong to allow sweeping immigration raids

The Supreme Court decision that essentially allows immigration officers to target people based on skin color, accent and clothing — even their presence in a Home Depot parking lot — will encourage legal racial profiling.

The Quisling Court - Lawyers, Guns & Money

A friend who is an immigration lawyer in the DC area: Obviously we all saw the Supreme Court bless the administration’s use of racial profiling to arrest/detain people suspected of being undocumented. That was a real gut punch as the constitution has always been interpreted as requiring *some* minimal basis for detaining a person, and that person’s race or other classification is not sufficient. Whether under the 4th, 5th or 14th amendments, th…

The Recent U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Grants License for Racial Profiling

A joint statement from the General Secretaries of the General Commission on Religion and Race, General Board of Church and Society, and United Women in Faith asserts The United Methodist Church cannot remain silent on racial profiling.