
Tom Fitton|Sep 08, 2025 19:23
Today, the Supreme Court just blew out of the water the fake narrative being pushed out by the Left that NO ONE can be asked any questions by ICE if there is a reasonable suspicion they are here illegally. Simply put, the law is well established that If the totality of the circumstances (yes that includes, among other clues, language and ethnicity) indicate you are here in violation of law, ICE can question you. Accordingly, not only will ICE enforcement operations continue in LA but will certainly and dramatically expand to other sanctuary cities. As Justice Kavanaugh explains in a solo concurrence (citations omitted):
To stop an individual for brief questioning about immigration status, the Government must have reasonable suspicion that the individual is illegally present in the United States...Reasonable suspicion is a lesser requirement than probable cause and “considerably short” of the preponderance of the evidence standard...Whether an officer has reasonable suspicion depends on the totality of the circumstances...Here, those circumstances include: that there is an extremely high number and percentage of illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles area; that those individuals tend to gather in certain locations to seek daily work; that those individuals often work in certain kinds of jobs, such as day labor, landscaping, agriculture, and construction, that do not require paperwork and are therefore especially attractive to illegal immigrants; and that many of those illegally in the Los Angeles area come from Mexico or Central America and do not speak much English. Cf. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U. S., at 884–885 (listing “[a]ny number of factors” that contribute to reasonable suspicion of illegal presence). To be clear, apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion; under this Court’s case law regarding immigration stops, however, it can be a “relevant factor” when considered along with other salient factors...
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The interests of individuals who are illegally in the country in avoiding being stopped by law enforcement for questioning is ultimately an interest in evading the law. That is not an especially weighty legal interest.
(Justice Sotomayor wrote a dissent for the three liberals on the Court that smears law enforcement and that reads like the opening monologue for MSNBC show.)
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