The appeals court has upheld a lower court’s order to temporarily block federal immigration agents from conducting immigration-related arrests in Los Angeles without probable cause. The court agreed with a federal judge that immigration agents cannot use race, ethnicity, or other factors, including speaking Spanish or English with an accent, as the basis for reasonable suspicion to stop people. The Trump administration did not dispute that definitive stops in Los Angeles have occurred based on these factors and did not dispute the district court’s conclusion that the reliance on them “does not satisfy the constitutional requirement of reasonable suspicion.” The judges concluded that plaintiffs “are likely to succeed” in showing that the Trump administration stopped and detained people based on their race, place of work, and language.
The Appeals court has upheld the limitations on immigration arrests in Los Angeles. Thuy 631
