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Latino Trump Voter Challenges ICE Tactics as Ninth Circuit Upholds Restraining Order

The administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift limits on appearance or location based arrests after plaintiffs accused agents of targeting Latino communities.

Agents survey migrants coming for their hearings at an immigration court in New York.
Brian Gavidia, of Montebello, shows his “We the People…” tattoo.
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Overview

  • On Aug. 1, a Ninth Circuit panel refused to stay a July 11 federal judge’s order barring ICE from making appearance- or location-based stops without reasonable suspicion in several Southern California counties.
  • The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the restraining order and restore broader interior enforcement powers.
  • Brian Gavidia, a 29-year-old American citizen from Montebello, joined the ACLU lawsuit after being detained in mid-June on allegations he was targeted because he is Latino.
  • Video of Gavidia’s June arrest shows agents pushing him against a wall and demanding proof of citizenship, an experience that led him to renounce his support for President Trump and counsel immigrants on their rights.
  • ICE and the Department of Homeland Security deny ethnic targeting, even as local officials and advocacy groups push for agent unmasking requirements and tighter oversight of enforcement operations.