Overview

• Lower courts had barred ICE arrests based solely on four factors tied to location, activity, language accent, or ethnic appearance, citing Fourth Amendment concerns.
• The Supreme Court lifted those restrictions on a provisional basis by a 6–3 vote, with the conservative justices in the majority and the three liberal justices dissenting.
• Justice Brett Kavanaugh pointed to estimates that about 10% of Los Angeles residents are undocumented, while Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned the ruling enables 'second-class' treatment for Latinos.
• Homeland Security said agents would 'continue to flood the area,' and Trump administration deportation chief Tom Homan defended the operations, rejecting allegations of racial profiling.
• The case stems from lawsuits by three immigrants and two U.S. citizens of Hispanic origin after June raids in the region, and the ACLU says longer-lasting limits could still be imposed when the case returns to the trial court.