In conclusion
In order to have a temporary restriction on roving immigration sweeps lifted, the federal administration filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday.
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On Thursday, the Trump administration requested that the Supreme Court lift a temporary injunction that prohibited roving immigration stops in eight California counties, including Los Angeles.
The federal government claimed in an emergency appeal that the ruling presents a major obstacle to the enforcement of federal immigration rules. Oral arguments are unlikely because the stay request is on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket.
According to a lawyer for the plaintiffs in the original lawsuit, which was filed by a combination of local government, civil rights, and immigrant rights organizations, they are eager to present their case before the supreme court.
Now, the federal government has rushed to the Supreme Court, requesting that it overturn a limited court ruling that only applies in one judicial district and only requires them to abide by the Constitution. Mohammad Tajsar, a senior staff lawyer with the Southern California ACLU Foundation, stated.
In the Central District of California, U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong issued a temporary restraining order last month, citing a wealth of evidence suggesting that the government’s aggressive enforcement strategies probably infringed upon people’s Fourth Amendment rights against unjustified searches and seizures.
With the threat of contempt hanging over every investigative stop of suspected illegal aliens, Trump’s Solicitor General, D. John Sauer, contended in the filing with the high court that Frimpong’s order puts agents in a straitjacket and threatens to overturn immigration officials’ ability to enforce the immigration laws.
According to Frimpong, federal immigration officials could not base their reasonable suspicion on four factors—race, ethnicity, language, and place of employment—either separately or in combination.
A racial profiling case
In essence, this is a matter of racial profiling: Can Latinos be disenfranchised in their communities and places of residence simply because they have a Latino appearance? In reaction to the administration submission, Kevin R. Johnson, director of the UC Davis School of Law’s Aoki Center on Critical Race and Nation Studies, stated on Thursday.
Beginning in early June, heavily armed agents utilizing heavy battlefield equipment aggressively apprehended immigrants and U.S. citizens at Home Depots, car washes, and Latino markets throughout Los Angeles. These officers were frequently dressed in normal clothing, masks, or military-style uniforms. Agents frequently recorded the arrests and posted the footage, often to hip-hop music, on social media. The Trump administration promised to implement comparable measures in American cities, particularly in blue states.
After the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied the federal government’s request to lift the temporary restraining order last week, the federal government filed an appeal with the Supreme Court.
The government’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans suspected of being gang members is one of several instances regarding Trump’s immigration policy that have already made it all the way to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court overturned a temporary restraining order issued by a lower court that had prevented those deportations. In recent months, the high court has sided with the administration in a number of its decisions, particularly those pertaining to immigration.
Johnson stated that both Republican and Democratic administrations had employed the appeals tactic, saying, “I think it’s not surprising that if you’re having some wins in the courts through appeals, you bring appeals.”
The head of the LA operations, Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino, conducted military-style raids throughout vast areas of Los Angeles prior to the temporary restraining order. Bellingcat and Calmatters mapped out more than 100 raid locations, including 15 different Home Depots.
He relocated activities to the state capital in the north after receiving an order from the lower court.
No sanctuary anywhere
Following a raid at a Home Depot in Sacramento on July 17, Bovino said that there is no shelter anyplace. We intend to remain here. We will not be moving. We will secure the motherland and carry out this mission.
Immigration enforcement in Los Angeles was not completely halted by Frimpong’s restraining order.
In an operation known as Trojan Horse, highly armed Border Patrol officers and other federal agents concealed inside a Penske truck on Wednesday before leaping out and ambushing individuals at a Home Depot.
The Department of Homeland Security announced in a written statement that 16 illegal immigrants from Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua were arrested as a result of a targeted raid by Border Patrol agents at the Home Depot.
Johnson of UC Davis stated that although the federal government is at least seeking legal recourse to carry on with its activities, the Los Angeles community may suffer significant harm if the temporary restraining order is withdrawn.
Communities are afraid of these roving patrols, Johnson added. It will affect people’s ability to take their children to the doctor and if they will be able to take them to school.
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