Contributor: You look Latino. You speak Spanish. You work hard. That's now probable cause.

"In Noem vs. Vasquez Perdomo, a majority of justices gave a silent blessing to immigration raids in Los Angeles that target people for looking Latino, speaking Spanish and working jobs that build this country but never pay enough to live in it. The decision came down without full briefing. No oral argument. No record rich with evidence. Just a late-summer shadow cast from marble heights."

"The ruling permits federal agents to resume raids across Los Angeles and surrounding counties - raids where people are seized with no warrant, no particularized cause for suspicion. Just skin color, language and calloused hands. Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused to let it pass unchallenged. "We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job," she wrote."

The Supreme Court permitted federal agents to resume immigration raids across Los Angeles and nearby counties that rely on appearance, language, and type of work rather than warrants or individualized suspicion. The decision was issued through the court's emergency docket without full briefing, oral argument, or a developed factual record. The ruling arrived unsigned and unexplained, enabling rapid enforcement action. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, warning that the Government should not be able to seize people who look Latino, speak Spanish, or work low-wage jobs. The action raises concerns about erosion of constitutional protections and expanded use of the emergency docket.

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