Supreme Court Backs Trump-Era Immigration Arrests in Los Angeles, Undermining Civil Liberties

In a decisive 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has lifted a temporary injunction that barred immigration authorities from conducting sweeping arrests in Los Angeles based merely on appearance, language, or occupation. This decision reinstates enforcement tactics championed by the Trump administration—tactics aimed at securing national borders and upholding the rule of law where political opponents claim civil liberties are at risk. The suspended injunction, originally issued by Federal Judge Maame Frimpong and upheld by the Ninth Circuit, sought to prevent what critics decry as indiscriminate raids targeting immigrants based on racial or ethnic profiling. Yet the Supreme Court’s majority...