ICE Can Profile LA Migrants, SCOTUS Rules

Sept. 9, 2025, 2:03 PM UTC

US immigration agents in Los Angeles can resume using tactics that critics say amount to racial profiling, after the US Supreme Court backed President Donald Trump’s aggressive enforcement efforts yesterday, Greg Stohr and Zoe Tillman report.

Over three dissents from the court’s liberal-leaning justices, the conservative majority put on hold Monday a federal district court order that barred ICE agents from questioning and detaining people based solely on their ethnicity, language, occupation, or presence at a particular location. The high court’s order will apply while the legal fight continues.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that he believed the Trump administration is ...

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