The Supreme Court indicates that immigration raids can continue

The United States Supreme Court ruled that refined immigration raids in Los Angeles can continue for the moment, raising the order of a federal judge who had prohibited agents from stopping without “reasonable suspicion”.

Monday’s decision is a victory for President Donald Trump, who promised to make record migrants in the country illegally.

The 6-3 decision of the conservative court allows agents to arrest suspects based solely on their race, their language or their work, while a legal challenge to recent immigration sweeps in Los Angeles in the courts.

Liberal judges are dissident, claiming that the decision endangers constitutional freedoms.

Conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the decision on Monday that the prohibition order of the lower court went too far to restrict the way in which immigration agents and the application of customs (ICE) could make judgments or question of alleged illegal migrants.

“To be clear, the apparent ethnic origin cannot provide reasonable suspicion,” he wrote. “However, it can be a” relevant factor “when considered with other protruding factors.”

The three liberal judges of the Supreme Court published a strong dissent written by judge Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote that “countless people in the Los Angeles region were seized, thrown on the ground and simply handcuffed because of their appearance, their accents and the fact that they earn their lives by doing manual work”.

“Today, the Court unnecessarily submits countless others to these same indignities,” she wrote.

The decision cancels a decision by the American district judge Maame e Frimpong in Los Angeles, who had declared that there was a “mountain of evidence” showing that the raids violated the American Constitution.

Judge Frimpong ordered in July that the raids were interrupted and said that the Trump administration could not count on factors such as “an apparent ethnic breed or origin” or “speak Spanish” alone to stop or question the individuals.

His order has also prohibited agents of the application of immigration to carry out stops according to only the presence of someone “in a particular place” such as a bus stop, a agricultural site or a car washing, or based solely on the type of work that an individual does.

He made the ordinance in a judicial challenge of immigration defense groups, who argued that immigration agents in Los Angeles carried out “itinerant patrols” without discrimination and refused individuals to access lawyers.

Judge Frimpong said it could violate the fourth amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the unreasonable searches and convulsions of the government.

The Supreme Court, however, said that the actions of the administration had a good chance of being considered constitutional by the federal courts.

The lawyers of the Ministry of Internal Security argued that immigration agents target people according to their legal status in the United States, not the color of the skin, race or ethnicity.

They also declared that the ordinance of the frimmonge judge wrongly restricted ice operations.

The Trump administration began sweating immigration raids in Los Angeles in June, arresting and holding people at Home Depot and other workplaces, and has met immediate protests and civil disorders.

Trump then deployed nearly 2,000 troops from the National Guard and 700 navies in response, without authorization from the State of California.

A federal judge has since ruled that the deployment of the National Guard was illegal. The White House replied that “a rogue judge tries to usurp” the authority of the president “to protect American cities from violence and destruction”.

The decision of the United States Supreme Court to let the raids continue while the Trump administration seeks to accelerate the police in other cities, including Washington DC.

In August, Trump ordered the troops of the US national guard to approach what he says is high crime in the city and also uses federal officers to strengthen the district police.

He now indicates that this week, he will decide if he will also send the federal police and the National Guard to Chicago.