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Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Profiling in Los Angeles Immigration Stops

Limits on detentions without reasonable suspicion remain active pending the administration’s appeal of the temporary order.

Law enforcement officers shoot non-lethal munitions, as people march as part of the ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
The crowd chants outside the Civic Center at the conclusion of a 'cabalgata' for human rights, following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Los Angeles County city of Compton, California, U.S., June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Jill Connelly/File Photo
FILE - People wait outside of Glass House Farms, a day after an immigration raid on the facility, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Overview

  • A Ninth Circuit panel refused on August 1 to stay a July 11 temporary restraining order, keeping key limits on ICE roving patrols in Los Angeles in force.
  • The order bars immigration agents from detaining individuals solely based on apparent race, speaking Spanish or accented English, presence at certain locations or type of work.
  • Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong’s ruling cited evidence that federal agents conducted roving patrols without reasonable suspicion and denied detainees access to counsel.
  • The appeals court found only one phrase—“except as permitted by law”—to be vague but otherwise rejected the government’s arguments for lifting the order.
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the ACLU hailed the decision as a defense of constitutional rights as the Trump administration prepares further appeals.