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Supreme Court Allows LA Immigration Raids to Resume

Published SEP 8 2025

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Above: U.S. Border Patrol march Aug. 14, 2025 in Los Angeles. Image credit: Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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This decision greenlights systematic racial profiling in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Federal agents are now free to target anyone based on appearance or the language they're speaking. We've already seen U.S. citizens be wrongfully detained, injured and denied access to lawyers. The mountain of evidence shows these aren't brief questioning stops but violent seizures using firearms and warehouse detentions.

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