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US Supreme Court Backs Trump on Los Angeles Immigration Raids
U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer contended that the challengers lack a legal right to sue
By Katy Grimes, September 8, 2025 11:17 am
The United States Supreme Court Monday delivered President Donald Trump a big win permitting immigration enforcement agents to continue with sweeping raids based on race and language.
The court put a hold on a lower court decision blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement from proceeding with such raids, Reuters reported:
The U.S. Supreme Court again backed President Donald Trump‘s hardline immigration approach on Monday, letting agents proceed with Southern California raids targeting people for deportation based on their race or language in a decision that a dissenting justice said makes Latinos “fair game to be seized at any time.”
The court granted a Justice Department request to put on hold a judge’s order temporarily barring agents from stopping or detaining people without “reasonable suspicion” that they are in the country illegally, by relying on race or ethnicity, or if they speak Spanish or English with an accent, among other factors. The administration quickly vowed to continue “roving patrols.”
In August, SCOTUS Blog explained the nuances in the legal case and reported:
Lawyers for immigrants’ rights groups, U.S. citizens, and undocumented immigrants challenged the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts in the Los Angeles area, and urged the Supreme Court to leave in place a ruling by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong that prohibits federal agents from making immigration stops unless they have reasonable suspicion that the person whom they are stopping is in the country illegally. And in determining whether they have reasonable suspicion, Frimpong emphasized, agents cannot rely on any combination of four factors – “apparent race or ethnicity,” speaking in Spanish or accented English, presence at a location where undocumented immigrants “are known to gather,” and working at specific jobs, such as landscaping or construction.
Representing the Trump administration, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the justices last week that Frimpong’s order puts “a straitjacket on law-enforcement efforts.”
Notably, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer contended that the challengers lack a legal right to sue, known as standing, because there is no reason to expect that they will be targeted by immigration raids in the future.
While the legal case will continue, ICE is allowed to continue its immigration raids.
A California native and Navy mom, Katy lives in Sacramento, CA.
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YES! A BIG WIN for sure.
Why would any court prevent federal law enforcement from enforcing federal law. The fact that this even had to be heard by the Supreme Court is embarrassing. Any low level federal judge should have ruled the same.
With an estimated 2.3 – 2.6 million illegal aliens living here in California and almost 50% of them living in the Los Angeles area this is precisely where ICE should be “targeting” their efforts. Newsom himself has said that these efforts will have a “chilling” effect on the next election. I wonder what the turnout rate is for the illegally registered crowd. My bet is about 100%. I also wonder how many Social Security numbers for Americas 125-year-olds that DOGE discovered are concentrated in Southern California? Social Security does not track addresses unless a person is claiming a benefit. Since California has an inactive voter list, I believe that interested parties can purchase that list for elections purchases. Again, it would be interesting to know how clean that list is but, we won’t know as long as the State is refusing to give the DOJ complete voter files. The game is just about up, and Newsom is holding a bad hand and is just about out of the ability to bluff his way through it.
I recommend the illegal immigrants self deport. Ask yourselves if you would rather go home on your own, or be put in a detention facility, and shipped off to who knows where.
Hair-gel Hitler Newsom, LA Mayor Karen “Castro” Bass, and the rest of the criminal Democrat thug mafia who control this state and hate legal Californians must be seething at this ruling which will limit their illegal alien voting base and their ability to steal elections?
“KCB” Good stuff TJ!
Time for Bass to be held accountable for inciting violence, when she pretends to be the voice of all Angelenos. All while denying the rights of U.S. citizens. There was no legitimate authority to establish a sanctuary.
One more comment. This soft on crime debacle has created multiple intended consequences with one of them creating an atmosphere where it is okay for illegals to vote without any repercussions. In days gone by most illegals had the mindset that if you were caught voting that it would end the opportunity that they were enjoying and would close the door forever from becoming an American citizen. The left and the establishment had to tear down that stigmatism in order to get participation. In order to save their version of democracy, they had to tear down decency and order in society. What sick and twisted people.
Well put.