Immigrant Advocates Fear SCOTUS Ruling Ramifications

Supreme Court allowed controversial immigration stops in L.A. What does the ruling mean for Chicago?

The U.S. Supreme Court last week allowed federal agents to continue stopping people based on race, language and other factors in California amid the same immigration campaign that expanded Tuesday into Chicago — but it did so in an “entirely unexplained” order.So while the high court seemed to be sending a signal about its position on racial profiling, it’s not clear that the law actually changed with the Sept. 8 order that revolved around “Oper…

Immigrant advocates fear SCOTUS ruling ramifications

Bay Area immigration advocates and legal experts say they worry a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling could clear the way for more detainments and deportations based on racial profiling throughout the region.

The Supreme Court Is Making Schools Dangerous For Immigrant Families and Children

Last week, the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority stayed a lower court ruling that had barred immigration stops based on racial profiling in Los Angeles, a county of more than 10 million people, nearly half of whom are Latino. Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong’s order had prohibited federal agents from treating race, language, place of gathering, or type of work as grounds for suspicion. By staying her injunction, the Court effectively b…

Why the Supreme Court Lifted a Ban on Migrant Profiling by ICE

The US Supreme Court on Sept. 8 allowed federal immigration agents in Los Angeles to resume for now using tactics that critics say amount to racial profiling. The ruling put on hold a lower court’s temporary order that barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from questioning and detaining people based solely on their ethnicity, language, occupation or presence at a particular location.

Keeping it Real: Supreme Court Casts Shadow Over America with Secret Process and Consequential Decisions

The US Supreme Court recently reversed a lower court ruling that had previously barred immigration agents from stopping people in Los Angeles without reasonable suspicion, raising concerns about the court's secret process and the increasing use of the "shadow docket" for significant rulings. The post Keeping it Real: Supreme Court Casts Shadow Over America with Secret Process and Consequential Decisions appeared first on Black Voice News.

Keeping It Real: Supreme Court’s Secret Process Casts Shadow on America

Overview: The recent ruling by the US Supreme Court to reverse the judgement of two lower courts that had previously barred immigration agents from stopping people in Los Angeles “without” reasonable suspicion has raised concerns about the court’s secret process and consequential decisions. The use of the “shadow docket” for such significant rulings, without extensive briefings or hearings, casts a shadow on the integrity of the nation’s ultimat…